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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Mississippi 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $102 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 5 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$11.22$7.76 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$35.48 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $12 to $182Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $102professional $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
$17.78
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.60

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 4th of 51

$75.86

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.