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Red Blood Cell Antibody Test - Incubated Method

Idaho 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$10.23 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$18.20 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $12 to $63Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23
$10$20$50facility $25professional $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
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$75.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$43.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$52.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$24.55
1 more rate 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 15th of 51

$12.30

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.