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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 October 2026.

How much does Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells cost?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.37$3.24 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$14.79 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $23Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $5

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
$5.37
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.72
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.24
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
$2.29
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.12

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 2nd of 51

$14.79

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.