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Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing

Louisiana 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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$28.84$20.89 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$45.71 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $37 to $229Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $17 to $46
$10$20$50$100$200facility $56professional $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
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$31.62

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.