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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

North Carolina 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$23.99$23.44 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$23.99 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $21 to $98Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $20 to $39
$20$50$100facility $32professional $24

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
$23.99
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$45.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$41.69
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 47th of 51

$23.99

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.