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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

North Carolina 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$9.77$7.76 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$66.07 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $30 to $200Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $87professional $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
$30.90
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$18.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.22
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 5th of 51

$74.13

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.