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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Minnesota 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$9.77$9.77 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$43.65 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $26 to $155Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $78
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $78professional $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
$48.98
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.05
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$70.79
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.88

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 45th of 51

$12.59

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.