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Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing

Mississippi 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 5 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$29.51$25.70 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$33.88 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $26 to $129Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $18 to $48
$10$20$50$100$200facility $44professional $30

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
$26.30
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$51.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 22nd of 51

$30.20

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.