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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Michigan 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$28.18$22.91 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$28.18 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $25 to $51Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $22 to $39
$20$50facility $28professional $28

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
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$97.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$28.18

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.