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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 July 2026.

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

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $6.31 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$5.13$4.47 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.31$6.17 to $9.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $95Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$10$20$50$100facility $6professional $5

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
$5.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$7.08

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$6.17

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.