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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Iowa 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$21.38$10.00 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$26.30 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $15 to $158Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $8 to $63
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $68professional $21

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
$15.14
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$28.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.85
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$31.62
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$44.67

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.