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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Utah 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $138 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$28.18$22.91 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$37.15 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $34 to $257Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $22 to $37
$20$50$100$200facility $138professional $28

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
$37.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$57.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$134.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.92
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.90
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$41.69

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 25th of 51

$30.90

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.