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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 5 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$25.12$22.91 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$44.67 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $30 to $407Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $85
$100$1K$10Kfacility $66professional $25

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
$38.02
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$83.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$43.65

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 19th 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.