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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Connecticut 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?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $7.59 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.72$2.75 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.59$6.31 to $11.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$5$10$20facility $8professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.91
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.13
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$9.55
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
$2.19
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$0.98

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 32nd of 51

$5.25

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.