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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

Montana 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$79.43$67.61 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$79.43 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $65 to $363Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $54 to $427
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $87professional $79

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$194.98
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$194.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 6th of 51

$85.11

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.