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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

New Jersey 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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$9.33$5.62 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$24.55 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $11 to $263Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $52professional $9

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
$11.22
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.17
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$1,513.56
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$25.12
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.75
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$18.62

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 26th of 51

$24.55

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.