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Rh Blood Type Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86901

A laboratory test that determines whether a person's blood carries the Rh factor, a protein marker on red blood cells, making them Rh-positive or Rh-negative. It is commonly performed during pregnancy and before blood transfusions to make sure blood types are compatible.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Rh Blood Type Test cost?

$3.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $6.17 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.45$1.51 to $3.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$6.17 to $6.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $2

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$4.07
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.45
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.69

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 28.2 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 28th of 51

$3.47

VT $63.10MD $2.24

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.