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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Iowa 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 7 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$29.51$22.91 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$29.51 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $23 to $85Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $195
$20$50$100$200facility $52professional $30

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
$22.91
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$77.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$75.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$35.48

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.