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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

Virginia 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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 8 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$5.89 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$21.88 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $10 to $251Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19
$10$100$1Kfacility $93professional $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
$18.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.61
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.99
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$15.14

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 25th of 51

$25.12

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.