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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

New Jersey 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $132 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$44.67$35.48 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$72.44 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $56 to $891Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $29 to $74
$100$1K$10Kfacility $132professional $45

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
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$109.65
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$44.67
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$56.23

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 32nd of 51

$57.54

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.