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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Georgia 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 7 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$8.91$6.46 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$14.45 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $9 to $851Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25
$10$100$1Kfacility $74professional $9

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
$9.77
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$25.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$20.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.98

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 37th of 51

$15.85

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.