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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Kentucky 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$7.76$3.89 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$38.90 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $10 to $204Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $95professional $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
$9.77
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$11.75
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.22

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$11.75

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.