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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

Georgia 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.92$25.70 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$57.54 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $50 to $224Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $16 to $72
$20$50$100$200facility $74professional $27

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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$67.61
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$134.90
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
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 49th of 51

$38.90

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.