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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Kansas 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 Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 6 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$4.68 to $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$9.33 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $5 to $62Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$5$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $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
$5.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$18.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$9.55

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 20th 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.