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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Nevada 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?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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$4.79$4.17 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$5.01 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $102Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $34
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $11professional $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
$4.17
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.76
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.71
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 49th of 51

$5.37

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.