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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Kentucky 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 5 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$23.99 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$24.55 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $23 to $71Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $46
$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $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
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$40.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$41.69

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$24.55

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.