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Rh Blood Type Test

Louisiana 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?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.16$1.74 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$5.37 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $3

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
$3.16
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.80
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.47
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$6.17

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$5.25

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.