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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Missouri 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.25$3.24 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$7.08 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $60Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $10professional $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
$4.68
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.24
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
$2.29
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.23

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 51

$6.46

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.