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Red Blood Cell Antibody Test - Incubated Method

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86941

This blood test looks for antibodies that can damage or clump red blood cells, using a technique that allows extra incubation time. Extending the incubation step can help detect antibodies that react more slowly and might be missed by a quicker check, supporting the evaluation of autoimmune-related red blood cell destruction.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cell Antibody Test - Incubated Method cost?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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$10.47$8.91 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$7.24 to $13.80

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $15Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$5$10$20facility $12professional $10

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
$12.02
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.22

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Kansas than in Texas. 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· 31st of 51

$10.47

KS $19.05TX $9.12

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.