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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Nebraska 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 7 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$8.71$3.55 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$14.13 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $8 to $105Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $35
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $43professional $9

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
$7.94
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$10.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.22
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$10.72

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$21.88

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.