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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Louisiana 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$10.00$7.24 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$12.88 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $10 to $95Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $28professional $10

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
$10.96
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$42.66
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.18

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 44th of 51

$12.88

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.