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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Indiana 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 6 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$5.13 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$16.22 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $10 to $162Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$5$20$100$500facility $49professional $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
$11.22
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.77
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.30
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.96

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 40th of 51

$15.14

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.