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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Iowa 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$9.55$5.37 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$10.23 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $5 to $148Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $35
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $19professional $10

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
$5.37
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$38.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$13.49
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$12.88

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.