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Indirect Coombs Red Cell Antibody Test

Kansas rates for HCPCS 86885

A blood test that looks for antibodies floating in the liquid part of the blood that could attack red blood cells. The sample is mixed with test red cells and a reagent to see whether clumping occurs, showing whether such antibodies are present. It is commonly run during pregnancy and before a blood transfusion.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Indirect Coombs Red Cell Antibody Test cost?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 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 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$5.01$4.79 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$9.12 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $76Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $13professional $5

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
$6.03
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.23

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Kansas· 30th of 51

$6.17

NE $15.49DC $4.27

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.