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Rh Blood Type Test

South Carolina 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$5.50$3.02 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$11.22 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $4 to $48Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $14
$2$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $5

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
$2.34
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$3.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$5.37
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
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$0.48

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 9th of 51

$6.92

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.