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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

New Mexico 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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$7.94$3.55 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$29.51 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $13 to $200Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $98professional $8

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
$14.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.24

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 49th of 51

$9.77

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.