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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

South Carolina 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.94$5.37 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$14.13 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $49Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $21professional $8

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
$4.17
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.37
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.59
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$0.85

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$9.77

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.