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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86828

This blood test checks for antibodies in a transplant candidate's blood that could react against and damage a donated organ, by testing against a broad panel of human tissue types. It's an important step in matching patients with compatible donors and reducing the risk of the immune system rejecting a transplanted organ. It requires only a standard blood draw.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies cost?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $6.31 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$32.36$26.92 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.31$6.17 to $6.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $54Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $24 to $74
$10$20$50$100$200facility $6professional $32

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$23.99

AK $145AL $23.99

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.