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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

Illinois 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $120 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$48.98$32.36 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$83.18 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $68 to $407Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $3 to $83
$5$20$100$500facility $120professional $49

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
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$93.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$263.03
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$67.61
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.48

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 37th of 51

$48.98

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.