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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Washington, DC 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 5 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$7.41$7.41 to $7.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$60.26 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $18 to $229Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $37
$5$20$100$500facility $98professional $7

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
$17.78
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$75.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$25.70

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 9th of 51

$60.26

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.