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Indirect Coombs Red Cell Antibody Test

Massachusetts 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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 9 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$5.75$5.50 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$8.32 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $5 to $269Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$10$100$1Kfacility $17professional $6

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
$5.75
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$25.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$239.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.49
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$18.62
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$104.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$239.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$22.91

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$7.24

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.