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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

New Hampshire 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$13.80$6.31 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$13.80 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $14 to $162Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $22
$5$20$100$500facility $55professional $14

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
$13.80
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$28.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$47.86

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 33rd of 51

$16.98

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.