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Antibody Test For Tissue Compatibility

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86830

This laboratory test looks for antibodies in the blood that react against tissue-matching markers, most often used in connection with organ or tissue transplantation. It helps determine how compatible a donor's tissue is likely to be with a recipient, or checks for antibodies that could raise the risk of rejecting a transplant already in place. A transplant specialist typically interprets the result as part of a broader evaluation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antibody Test For Tissue Compatibility cost?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$61.66$45.71 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$38.02 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $38 to $81Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $40 to $110
$50$100$200$500facility $38professional $62

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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66
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
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$39.81

AK $214AL $39.81

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.