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Red Blood Cell Antibody Test - Incubated Method

Virginia 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 8 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$9.77$7.24 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$12.02 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $49Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $15professional $10

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
$11.48
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$21.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$28.18
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.72

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$10.47

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.