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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Rhode Island 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 4 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$12.88$7.41 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$56.23 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $11 to $162Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $91professional $13

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
$11.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.22

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 41st of 51

$14.79

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.