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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

Arizona 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.84$22.91 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$51.29 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $40 to $302Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $23 to $62
$20$50$100$200facility $132professional $29

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
$48.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
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
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 44th of 51

$46.77

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.