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Red Blood Cell Antibody Test - Incubated Method

Kansas 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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 5 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$12.02$9.77 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$14.13 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $38Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $12

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
$11.75
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$22.39
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$19.05

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.