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Antibody Test For Tissue Compatibility

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 86831

This laboratory test looks for antibodies in the blood directed against tissue-matching markers, most often used before or after an organ or tissue transplant. It helps assess how compatible a potential donor's tissue is with the recipient, or monitors for antibodies that could increase the risk of rejection after a transplant. Results are interpreted by the transplant team as part of a broader compatibility evaluation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antibody Test For Tissue Compatibility cost?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $112 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$81.28$63.10 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$74.13 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $63 to $257Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $49 to $219
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $112professional $81

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
$66.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$70.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$245.47
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$316.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$281.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$245.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$173.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
3 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
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.9 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.

Massachusetts· 16th of 51

$85.11

AK $186AL $38.02

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.