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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Maryland 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$8.13$4.90 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$31.62 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $11 to $98Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$10$100$1Kfacility $38professional $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
$38.02
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.72
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$14.79

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 22nd of 51

$32.36

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.