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Unlisted Immune System Laboratory Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86849

Covers a laboratory test of the immune system when the test performed has no standard named entry of its own. A blood or other sample is examined for immune-related substances such as antibodies or cell markers. The laboratory sets out in a written report exactly which test was run.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Immune System Laboratory Test cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 4 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$60.26$60.26 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$15.49 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $14 to $30Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $10 to $60
$2$10$50$200facility $17professional $60

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 371.5 times more in Virginia than in Kentucky. 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· 49th of 51

$17.78

VA $389KY $1.05

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.