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Antibody Test For White Blood Cells

Colorado rates for HCPCS 86021

This blood test looks for antibodies directed against white blood cells. It is most often used to investigate a reaction that occurred after a blood transfusion or organ transplant, or to help match donors for certain procedures.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antibody Test For White Blood Cells cost?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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$10.47$6.31 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$26.30 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $11 to $69Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $44professional $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
$11.48
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$21.88
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$58.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.22
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
$5.75
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$3.02

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska 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.

Colorado· 19th of 51

$16.22

AK $33.88MD $11.22

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.