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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

Indiana 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$33.88$22.91 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$57.54 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $51 to $191Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $22 to $95
$20$50$100$200facility $65professional $34

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
$89.13
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$70.79
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$123.03
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62
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
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$47.86

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 40th of 51

$47.86

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.