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Antibody Test For A Specific Infection

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 86753

This blood test looks for antibodies the immune system made in response to a specific infection. It helps determine whether a person has been exposed to that particular organism, either currently or in the past.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antibody Test For A Specific Infection cost?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.71$6.03 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$10.00 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $43Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$20$50facility $12professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$12.30

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 46th of 51

$10.00

VT $79.43MD $9.33

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.