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Red Blood Cell Antibody Test - Incubated Method

Montana 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.38$10.96 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$18.20 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $15 to $28Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$10$20$50facility $20professional $17

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$69.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
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
$4.07
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 3rd of 51

$17.38

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.