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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Alaska rates for HCPCS 86850

This blood test looks for antibodies against red blood cells that a person may have developed, often from a prior blood transfusion or pregnancy. It is routinely done before a blood transfusion or during pregnancy to check for antibodies that could cause a reaction or affect a baby.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening cost?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$9.77 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$10.00 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $10 to $229Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $3 to $32
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $47professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$31.62
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$60.26

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in South Carolina than in Vermont. 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.

Alaska· 28th of 51

$21.88

SC $87.10VT $9.77

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.