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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Alaska rates for HCPCS 86880

This blood test checks whether antibodies are attached to the surface of a person's own red blood cells. It is used to help diagnose certain types of anemia caused by the immune system attacking red blood cells, to investigate a reaction after a blood transfusion, or to evaluate a newborn for a blood incompatibility with the mother.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells cost?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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$12.02$6.31 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$4.90 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $132Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $21
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $8professional $12

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
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.37
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$17.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$34.67
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$33.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in West Virginia than in Tennessee. 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.

Alaska· 10th of 51

$12.02

WV $46.77TN $4.79

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.