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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

Missouri 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 Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $110 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$38.90$32.36 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$64.57 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $56 to $302Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $26 to $87
$20$50$100$200$500facility $110professional $39

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
$54.95
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$83.18
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
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 36th 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.