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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 October 2026.

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

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $6.31 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$5.13 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.31$6.17 to $6.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $10Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$10$20facility $6professional $10

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
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
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
$8.32
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.00

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska 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· 29th of 51

$9.55

AK $27.54TX $6.92

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.