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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Maine 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$9.77$7.94 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$14.79 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $10 to $182Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $42professional $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
$9.77
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.60
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$42.66
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$173.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.22

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 34th of 51

$16.98

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.