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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Georgia 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$24.55$19.95 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$29.51 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $24 to $72Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $62
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $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
$23.99
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$60.26
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$63.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$41.69

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 35th of 51

$27.54

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.