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Removing antibodies from red cells for testing

CPT 86860the billing code this page is about

A laboratory step that strips antibodies off the surface of red blood cells so they can be studied; billed once for each elution performed.

Hospitals typically charge $150 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,837 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $156. Most fall between $75 and $273 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,837
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,837 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$53$87$150$238$445

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($53 vs $445).

How the prices are spread

$40 – $53: 138 hospitals$40$53 – $70: 227 hospitals$70 – $93: 258 hospitals$70$93 – $124: 367 hospitals$124 – $165: 475 hospitals$124$165 – $220: 412 hospitals$220 – $292: 301 hospitals$220$292 – $389: 191 hospitals$389 – $517: 126 hospitals$389$517 – $688: 66 hospitals$517median $150price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,561 of 2,837 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$40$53138
$53$70227
$70$93258
$93$124367
$124$165475
$165$220412
$220$292301
$292$389191
$389$517126
$517$68866

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$174
Median cash price$150
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.86×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $150.

Alaska: median $209 across 11 hospitalsAK$209Maine: median $117 across 25 hospitalsME$117Vermont: median $146 across 11 hospitalsVT$146New Hampshire: median $171 across 19 hospitalsNH$171Washington: median $173 across 62 hospitalsWA$173Idaho: median $129 across 19 hospitalsID$129Montana: median $132 across 13 hospitalsMT$132North Dakota: median $171 across 21 hospitalsND$171Minnesota: median $129 across 77 hospitalsMN$129Illinois: median $160 across 128 hospitalsIL$160Wisconsin: median $162 across 99 hospitalsWI$162Michigan: median $81 across 82 hospitalsMI$81New York: median $203 across 106 hospitalsNY$203Massachusetts: median $208 across 48 hospitalsMA$208Oregon: median $154 across 41 hospitalsOR$154Nevada: median $185 across 16 hospitalsNV$185Wyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $130 across 12 hospitalsSD$130Iowa: median $149 across 59 hospitalsIA$149Indiana: median $187 across 88 hospitalsIN$187Ohio: median $176 across 129 hospitalsOH$176Pennsylvania: median $198 across 115 hospitalsPA$198New Jersey: median $113 across 55 hospitalsNJ$113Connecticut: median $217 across 20 hospitalsCT$217Rhode Island: median $176 across 10 hospitalsRI$176California: median $112 across 134 hospitalsCA$112Utah: median $382 across 34 hospitalsUT$382Colorado: median $248 across 57 hospitalsCO$248Nebraska: median $137 across 52 hospitalsNE$137Missouri: median $133 across 67 hospitalsMO$133Kentucky: median $140 across 51 hospitalsKY$140West Virginia: median $150 across 32 hospitalsWV$150Virginia: median $146 across 70 hospitalsVA$146Maryland: median $50 across 38 hospitalsMD$50Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $193 across 35 hospitalsAZ$193New Mexico: median $141 across 18 hospitalsNM$141Kansas: median $100 across 63 hospitalsKS$100Arkansas: median $67 across 32 hospitalsAR$67Tennessee: median $63 across 74 hospitalsTN$63North Carolina: median $117 across 80 hospitalsNC$117South Carolina: median $175 across 51 hospitalsSC$175Oklahoma: median $121 across 57 hospitalsOK$121Louisiana: median $66 across 46 hospitalsLA$66Mississippi: median $76 across 51 hospitalsMS$76Alabama: median $135 across 36 hospitalsAL$135Georgia: median $161 across 87 hospitalsGA$161Hawaii: median $173 across 17 hospitalsHI$173Texas: median $133 across 219 hospitalsTX$133Florida: median $135 across 154 hospitalsFL$135
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $150. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT34$382+155%$144 – $450
Colorado CO57$248+65%$116 – $488
Connecticut CT20$217+45%$76 – $246
Alaska AK11$209+39%$139 – $326
Massachusetts MA48$208+39%$161 – $439
New York NY106$203+35%$60 – $388
Pennsylvania PA115$198+32%$109 – $351
Arizona AZ35$193+29%$100 – $296
Indiana IN88$187+24%$142 – $321
Nevada NV16$185+23%$93 – $720
Rhode Island RI10$176+17%$168 – $269
Ohio OH129$176+17%$113 – $746
South Carolina SC51$175+17%$120 – $211
Hawaii HI17$173+15%$153 – $309
Washington WA62$173+15%$103 – $262
North Dakota ND21$171+14%$125 – $261
New Hampshire NH19$171+14%$137 – $424
Wisconsin WI99$162+8%$100 – $195
Georgia GA87$161+8%$98 – $250
Illinois IL128$160+6%$92 – $255
Oregon OR41$154+2%$109 – $184
West Virginia WV32$1500%$96 – $409
Iowa IA59$149−1%$86 – $205
Vermont VT11$146−3%$114 – $238
Virginia VA70$146−3%$84 – $263
New Mexico NM18$141−6%$110 – $277
Kentucky KY51$140−6%$83 – $240
Nebraska NE52$137−8%$101 – $238
Florida FL154$135−10%$62 – $455
Alabama AL36$135−10%$88 – $570
Missouri MO67$133−11%$95 – $204
Texas TX219$133−12%$72 – $369
Montana MT13$132−12%$97 – $238
South Dakota SD12$130−14%$128 – $327
Minnesota MN77$129−14%$62 – $174
Idaho ID19$129−14%$63 – $156
Oklahoma OK57$121−19%$76 – $251
Maine ME25$117−22%$79 – $205
North Carolina NC80$117−22%$84 – $178
New Jersey NJ55$113−25%$55 – $228
California CA134$112−25%$62 – $347
Kansas KS63$100−33%$77 – $160
Michigan MI82$81−46%$53 – $231
Mississippi MS51$76−49%$34 – $109
Arkansas AR32$67−56%$46 – $100
Louisiana LA46$66−56%$26 – $246
Tennessee TN74$63−58%$47 – $211
Maryland MD38$50−67%$43 – $65
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $150.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,143$150$73 – $290
Children’s58$155$99 – $306
Critical access626$150$81 – $236
Ownership
For-profit414$173$80 – $482
Government444$146$82 – $246
Non-profit1,969$147$72 – $262
System affiliation
Part of a system2,368$150$76 – $279
Independent469$145$72 – $266

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$243
Median cash price$150
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,967 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $149 and the average of the middle 60% is $155; most fall between $77 and $270.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,967 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$53$91$149$240$435

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($53 vs $435).

Of the 2,170 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,967 gave a usable cash price; 112 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 91 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,837 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (72%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,086 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,837
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here146
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded102
Hospitals that filed this code3,086

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Ab Elution.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removing antibodies from red cells for testing (CPT 86860) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86860-removing-antibodies-from-red-cells-for-testing