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Indirect Coombs Red Cell Antibody Test

Mississippi 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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 4 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$6.61$4.47 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$6.17 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $380Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $10professional $7

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
$4.47
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$11.75

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 9th of 51

$8.13

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.