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Indirect Coombs Red Cell Antibody Test

Minnesota 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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$5.75$5.37 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$15.49 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $11 to $214Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $8
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $32professional $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
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.22
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$42.66
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.88

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 38th of 51

$5.75

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.