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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

Minnesota 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$64.57$51.29 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$60.26 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $60 to $302Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $29 to $123
$50$100$200$500facility $76professional $65

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
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$151.36
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
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 51

$64.57

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.