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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Utah 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$8.13$3.55 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$69.18 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $60 to $117Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$10$100$1Kfacility $76professional $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
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$23.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.59
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.22

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 7th of 51

$61.66

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.