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Indirect Coombs Red Cell Antibody Test

Rhode Island 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$6.03$4.27 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$16.98 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $8 to $240Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $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
$9.33
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$11.22

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$6.03

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.