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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Nevada 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $123 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$8.32$6.46 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$41.69 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $10 to $182Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $47
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $123professional $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
$14.45
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$46.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.80
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.85
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 43rd of 51

$13.80

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.