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Red Blood Cell Antibody Test - Incubated Method

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, 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 $17.38 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$12.02$7.24 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$13.49 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $43Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $91
$10$100$1Kfacility $17professional $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
$11.48
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$38.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$31.62
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$38.90
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.59
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.88
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.98
3 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
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.75
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 18th 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.