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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Colorado 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?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.72$2.51 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$9.55 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$5$10$20facility $15professional $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
$4.07
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$20.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.22
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.07
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
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.10

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 29th of 51

$5.62

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.