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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

South Dakota 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$23.44$9.77 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$75.86 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $55 to $251Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $4 to $100
$5$20$100$500facility $95professional $23

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
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.79
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.77
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.22
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$74.13

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.