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Donor Antibody Screen Before Transplant

Washington 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 Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$28.18$26.92 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$29.51 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $28 to $126Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $54
$20$50$100$200facility $42professional $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
$28.18
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$194.98
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$81.28
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$46.77
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$60.26
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$91.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$35.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$53.70

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 27th 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.