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Blood Antibody Test For A Specific Organism

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86784

This blood test looks for antibodies your immune system produced in response to a particular infectious organism. A positive result generally means you have been exposed to or infected by that organism at some point, while further testing sometimes distinguishes a recent infection from a past one. It is typically ordered when a specific infection is suspected based on symptoms or exposure history.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Antibody Test For A Specific Organism cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.55$6.46 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $14 to $15Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$10$20$50facility $15professional $10

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
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.23
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in South Carolina 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.

Alabama· 15th of 51

$14.45

SC $32.36MD $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.