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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 8 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$28.18 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$41.69 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $28 to $126Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $25 to $89
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $72professional $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
$28.18
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$131.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$141.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$77.62
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$89.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$141.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$75.86

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th 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.