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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Florida 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 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 8 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$4.68$4.47 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$16.22 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $6 to $141Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$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
$6.17
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.31
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$48.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.37

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 9th of 51

$12.59

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.