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Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing

New Hampshire 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$32.36$23.44 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$141 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $4 to $3,981Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $17 to $36
$10$100$1Kfacility $282professional $32

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$54.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$35.48
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 13th of 51

$32.36

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.