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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Tennessee 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 6 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$4.07 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$6.76 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $4 to $151Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $20professional $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
$4.27
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$8.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$7.59

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 51st of 51

$4.79

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.