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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Florida 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 Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 8 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$7.59$5.89 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$38.02 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $14 to $603Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $69
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $83professional $8

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
$14.45
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$69.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.77
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.05
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$20.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.22
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.77

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 10th 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.