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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

Michigan 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 6 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$57.54$47.86 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$61.66 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $58 to $200Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $46 to $72
$50$100$200$500facility $65professional $58

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
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$125.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 31st of 51

$61.66

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.