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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

South Carolina 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 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 6 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$7.76$7.59 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$38.90 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $10 to $589Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $112
$5$20$100$500facility $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
$8.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.22

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 1st of 51

$87.10

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.