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Direct Antibody Test On Red Blood Cells

West 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$4.07 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$46.77 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $5 to $219Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $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
$4.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.31
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$36.31
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.59

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 1st of 51

$46.77

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.