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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Louisiana 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 5 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$5.89$4.07 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$6.61 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $72Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.47
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$7.59

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 34th of 51

$6.92

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.