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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Arkansas 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?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$4.57$4.27 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$8.32 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $8 to $81Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $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
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$8.91

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 23rd of 51

$8.32

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.