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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Michigan 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$9.33$7.41 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$14.13 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $9 to $98Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$5$20$100$500facility $30professional $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
$9.33
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.95
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$15.49

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 30th of 51

$19.50

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.