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Antibody Test For Tissue Compatibility

Virginia 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $120 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$46.77 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$95.50 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $83 to $457Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $40 to $120
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $120professional $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
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$141.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
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
$50.12
Typical High
$95.50
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
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.98

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$75.86

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.