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Red Blood Cell Antibody Test - Incubated Method

Iowa 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$9.33 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$14.45 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $12 to $38Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $89
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $12

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
$9.33
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$89.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.39
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$23.99
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
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
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.29

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 17th of 51

$12.02

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.