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Antibody Test For White Blood Cells

Minnesota 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$12.59 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$14.13 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $14 to $69Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $15

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
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$112.20
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$35.48
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.63

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 27th of 51

$15.14

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.