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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 July 2026.

How much does Red Blood Cell Antibody Test - Incubated Method cost?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 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 $29.51 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 9 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 $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$16.98 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $11 to $59Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $30professional $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
$12.02
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$30.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$42.66
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$6,918.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.50
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$42.66
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.39

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 16th of 51

$12.02

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.