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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Missouri 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$11.48$8.32 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$15.14 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $10 to $214Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $51
$5$20$100$500facility $60professional $11

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
$9.55
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$56.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$15.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$14.45

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$40.74

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.