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Red Blood Cell Antibody Test - Incubated Method

Georgia 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.13$6.03 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$12.02 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $42Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $8

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
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$25.12
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$25.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$22.39
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
$4.07
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.34

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 45th of 51

$8.13

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.