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Antibody Test For White Blood Cells

Louisiana 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 5 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$16.60$11.48 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$18.20 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $60Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $22
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $21professional $17

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
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$20.89

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$18.20

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.