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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Maryland 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$22.39$21.38 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$19.50 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $13 to $141Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $18 to $115
$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $22

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$114.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$22.39

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.