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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Illinois 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?

$4.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$4.17$3.72 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$9.12 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $85Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$5$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $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
$4.68
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.55
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$56.23
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.75
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$1.07

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 50th of 51

$4.17

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.