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Red Blood Cell Antibody Screening

West 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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 5 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$8.32$7.76 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$70.79 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $25 to $158Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $89professional $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
$32.36
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$21.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$53.70
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$239.88
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$20.89

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 3rd of 51

$81.28

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.