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Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing

Nebraska 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$25.12$23.99 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$34.67 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $24 to $240Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $19 to $58
$20$50$100$200$500facility $93professional $25

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
$25.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$39.81

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 48th of 51

$25.12

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.