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Antibody Test For White Blood Cells

Virginia 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 8 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$11.22$11.22 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$15.85 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $14 to $174Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $35
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $33professional $11

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
$16.22
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$31.62
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.30

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$15.14

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.