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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

New Mexico 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 5 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$5.37$4.07 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$9.77 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $6 to $195Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $35
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $32professional $5

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
$6.46
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.07

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 37th of 51

$6.61

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.