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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Tennessee 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$7.59$7.41 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$43.65 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $11 to $257Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15
$5$20$100$500facility $85professional $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
$12.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.60
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.22

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$34.67

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.