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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Virginia 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 8 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$22.39$21.88 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$29.51 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $27 to $178Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $15 to $81
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $37professional $22

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
$28.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.90

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 51

$28.18

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.