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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Nebraska 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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$19.50$19.50 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$29.51 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $19 to $102Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $18 to $195
$10$20$50$100facility $62professional $19

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
$29.51
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$32.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$61.66
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.88

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$34.67

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.