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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Arkansas 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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$24.55$22.39 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$33.88 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $32 to $51Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $49
$20$50facility $46professional $25

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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$41.69

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 15th of 51

$33.88

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.