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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

New Jersey 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$3.98$3.80 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$6.31 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $4 to $1,318Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$10$100$1Kfacility $19professional $4

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
$4.17
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$1.23
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.79
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.75

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 38th of 51

$4.79

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.