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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Michigan 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?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $6.46 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$5.13$4.37 to $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.46$5.13 to $9.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $55Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10$20$50$100facility $6professional $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
$5.13
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.55
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.08

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 50th of 51

$5.25

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.