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Blood Antibody Test For A Specific Organism

Georgia 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.32$6.17 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$12.59 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $44Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $8

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
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$24.55
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$26.30
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
$4.17
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.45

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 34th of 51

$10.96

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.