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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$7.94$6.31 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$37.15 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $15 to $240Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $21
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $87professional $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
$14.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$24.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$125.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.72

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 8th 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.