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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Idaho 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$11.75$9.12 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$33.88 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $19 to $155Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $60professional $12

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
$25.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$22.91

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 20th of 51

$33.88

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.