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Blood Test For Transplant-Rejection Antibodies

Washington 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$57.54$32.36 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$70.79 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $60 to $170Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $27 to $72
$50$100$200facility $95professional $58

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
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$61.66
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$177.83
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$87.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$177.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$64.57
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
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
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.59

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 21st of 51

$60.26

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.