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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 July 2026.

How much does Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells cost?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 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$4.27$4.17 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$13.18 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $5 to $120Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $4

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
$4.68
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.59

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 7th of 51

$13.18

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.