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Antibody Test For White Blood Cells

Missouri 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$9.12$6.31 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$18.20 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $145Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $9

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
$12.88
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$20.42
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
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.47

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 40th of 51

$12.30

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.