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Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing

Minnesota 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $117 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 6 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$36.31$30.90 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$79.43 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $38 to $562Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $27 to $42
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $117professional $36

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
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$223.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$57.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$60.26

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$36.31

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.