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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Georgia 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $7.24 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$2.63 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.24$5.37 to $10.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $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
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$10.72
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.32
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$11.22
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
$1.78
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$1.05

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 39th of 51

$4.79

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.