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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Louisiana 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$33.11$25.12 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$36.31 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $30 to $107Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $18 to $56
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $33

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
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$41.69

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$36.31

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.