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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

North Dakota 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$46.77$9.77 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$72.44 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $35 to $129Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $4 to $98
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $89professional $47

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
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.22

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 11th of 51

$57.54

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.