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Antibody Test For White Blood Cells

Nebraska 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$12.30$10.00 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$31.62 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $15 to $182Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $100
$10$20$50$100$200facility $60professional $12

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
$22.39
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$30.20

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$31.62

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.