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Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing

New Jersey 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$28.84$21.38 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$38.90 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $31 to $11,482Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $16 to $43
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $68professional $29

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
$15.85
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$61.66
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.88

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 24th of 51

$29.51

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.