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Red Blood Cell Antibody Test - Incubated Method

North Dakota 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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$17.78$8.91 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$8.51 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $22Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28
$10$20$50facility $11professional $18

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
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$18.62

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 3rd of 51

$15.85

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.