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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

South 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 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$22.91$22.91 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$41.69 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $23 to $182Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $56
$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $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
$22.91
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$25.70

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.