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Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing

Florida 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 7 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$28.84$22.91 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$30.90 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $25 to $676Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $15 to $36
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $100professional $29

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
$29.51
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$61.66
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$181.97
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$66.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$27.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 41st of 51

$28.84

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.