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Antibody Test For White Blood Cells

Montana 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 6 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$19.95$17.38 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$19.95 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $19 to $1,288Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $13 to $100
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $27professional $20

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
$95.50
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$46.77
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$46.77
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$85.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$20.89

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 11th of 51

$21.38

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.