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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 July 2026.

How much does Antibody Test For White Blood Cells cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 7 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$11.48$11.22 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$18.20 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $11 to $91Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $14
$10$20$50$100$200facility $37professional $11

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
$11.48
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$18.20
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.13

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Pennsylvania than in Tennessee. 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· 45th of 51

$14.45

PA $35.48TN $12.02

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.