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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Montana 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 Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $9.55 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$7.08$6.17 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.55$7.24 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $174Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $35
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $10professional $7

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
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$87,096.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$20.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$20.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$30.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.59

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 28th 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.