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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Connecticut 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$3.47$3.47 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$16.60 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $10 to $186Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$10$100$1Kfacility $38professional $3

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
$10.72
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$10.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.14
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.18
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 48th of 51

$10.23

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.