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Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 86972

A preparation step used in blood-bank testing. Red blood cells from a sample are treated in the laboratory to remove something that would otherwise interfere, so that antibody detection or compatibility testing can give a clear answer. It is performed when a straightforward test is being confused by other material in the sample.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing cost?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 4 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$26.92$23.99 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$47.86 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $35 to $224Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $19 to $48
$1$5$20$100$500facility $72professional $27

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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.30

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in North Dakota than in North Carolina. 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.

Arkansas· 42nd of 51

$28.18

ND $52.48NC $22.39

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.