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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Montana 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$14.79$9.77 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$16.98 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $12 to $209Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $63
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $93professional $15

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
$52.48
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$56.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$16.22

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 39th of 51

$15.49

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.