go back

Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86808

A blood test used in transplant work-up that exposes a patient's serum to a panel of donor cell types to see how many of them the patient's antibodies would attack. A high result means the patient is likely to react to many donors, so fewer organs will be a safe match.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant cost?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 4 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$28.18$24.55 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$7.41 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $6 to $38Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $20 to $34
$10$20$50facility $25professional $28

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
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$41.69

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 36th of 51

$26.92

HI $53.70DC $22.39

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.