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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Kansas 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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$8.51$6.92 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$20.89 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $10 to $200Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $56professional $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
$10.47
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.38

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 36th of 51

$16.22

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.