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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Delaware 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 4 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$10.23$8.13 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$11.22 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $8 to $389Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $110
$5$20$100$500facility $100professional $10

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
$8.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$23.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.22

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 24th of 51

$29.51

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.