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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Massachusetts 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 9 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$5.37$5.13 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$9.33 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $5 to $91Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $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
$5.37
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$23.99
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$66.07
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.45
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.33
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$17.78
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$138.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$66.07
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$21.38

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 27th of 51

$7.59

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.