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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

Virginia 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?

$6.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 8 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$4.07$4.07 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$6.31 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $135Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $13professional $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
$6.31
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.94
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.22
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.62

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$6.31

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.