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Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing

Massachusetts 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$34.67$25.70 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$47.86 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $24 to $309Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $19 to $51
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $214professional $35

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
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$269.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$63.10
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$48.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$269.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 51

$35.48

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.