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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

New York 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 9 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$22.91$21.88 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$30.90 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $25 to $81Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $15 to $60
$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $23

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
$52.48
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$77.62
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$199.53
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$69.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$57.54
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$39.81
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$67.61
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$87.10
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$102.33

Where New York 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 York· 29th of 51

$29.51

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.