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Antibody Test For Tissue Compatibility

Colorado 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$39.81 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$174 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $74 to $437Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $40 to $170
$50$100$200$500facility $275professional $66

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
$95.50
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$138.04
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
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
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.05

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$95.50

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.