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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

South Dakota 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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$44.67$22.91 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$54.95 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $34 to $58Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $20 to $81
$20$50$100facility $58professional $45

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
$20.89
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$41.69
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$41.69
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 2nd of 51

$51.29

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.