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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Minnesota 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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$4.79 to $6.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$21.88 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $5 to $98Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $62professional $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
$5.13
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.47
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$39.81
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.59
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.29

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$7.94

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.