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Antibody Test For White Blood Cells

Iowa 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$21.38$11.48 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$18.20 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $14 to $148Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $100
$10$20$50$100$200facility $34professional $21

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
$12.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.95
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$38.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$26.30

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.