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Rh Blood Type Test

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does Rh Blood Type Test cost?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 8 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$5.89$3.72 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$8.13 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $5 to $148Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $19
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $37professional $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
$4.57
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.92
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$11.75
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in West Virginia than in New Mexico. 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$17.38

WV $56.23NM $2.69

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.