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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Idaho 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 7 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$6.17$5.13 to $7.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$12.59 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $5 to $117Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $6

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
$12.59
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.46
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.62
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$21.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$8.91

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$8.51

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.