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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Alabama 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 October 2026.

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

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $6.17 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.55$2.82 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$6.17 to $6.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $6Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.72
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.98
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 24th of 51

$6.17

VT $45.71MD $4.07

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.