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Blood Antibody Test For A Specific Organism

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

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

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.59$12.02 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$17.78 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $12 to $60Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $38
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $31professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$56.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$97.72
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$32.36
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$38.02
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$97.72
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$31.62

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Washington, DC. 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$14.45

OK $22.91DC $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.