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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

Arkansas 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 July 2026.

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

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 4 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$48.98$32.36 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$72.44 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $50 to $120Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $32 to $81
$20$50$100$200facility $81professional $49

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
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$45.71

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in South Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Arkansas· 14th of 51

$72.44

SD $107CT $38.90

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.