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Red cell antigen typing, each antigen

CPT 86905the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that types red blood cells for one specific antigen other than ABO or Rh(D); billed once for each antigen tested.

Hospitals typically charge $110 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,985 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $134. Most fall between $41 and $326 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,985
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 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 2,985 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
$23$50$110$264$484

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($23 vs $484).

How the prices are spread

$16 – $24: 154 hospitals$16$24 – $34: 169 hospitals$34 – $50: 276 hospitals$34$50 – $73: 295 hospitals$73 – $107: 414 hospitals$73$107 – $156: 313 hospitals$156 – $227: 339 hospitals$156$227 – $331: 294 hospitals$331 – $483: 279 hospitals$331$483 – $704: 155 hospitals$483median $110price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,688 of 2,985 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$16$24154
$24$34169
$34$50276
$50$73295
$73$107414
$107$156313
$156$227339
$227$331294
$331$483279
$483$704155

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$366
Median cash price$110
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.30×

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 $110.

Alaska: median $139 across 12 hospitalsAK$139Maine: median $58 across 23 hospitalsME$58Vermont: median $64 across 12 hospitalsVT$64New Hampshire: median $41 across 22 hospitalsNH$41Washington: median $158 across 70 hospitalsWA$158Idaho: median $83 across 19 hospitalsID$83Montana: median $151 across 17 hospitalsMT$151North Dakota: median $35 across 26 hospitalsND$35Minnesota: median $63 across 92 hospitalsMN$63Illinois: median $138 across 123 hospitalsIL$138Wisconsin: median $71 across 101 hospitalsWI$71Michigan: median $73 across 95 hospitalsMI$73New York: median $189 across 116 hospitalsNY$189Massachusetts: median $250 across 47 hospitalsMA$250Oregon: median $83 across 43 hospitalsOR$83Nevada: median $64 across 19 hospitalsNV$64Wyoming: median $300 across 12 hospitalsWY$300South Dakota: median $186 across 17 hospitalsSD$186Iowa: median $57 across 72 hospitalsIA$57Indiana: median $142 across 91 hospitalsIN$142Ohio: median $166 across 138 hospitalsOH$166Pennsylvania: median $253 across 105 hospitalsPA$253New Jersey: median $398 across 38 hospitalsNJ$398Connecticut: median $169 across 22 hospitalsCT$169Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $106 across 153 hospitalsCA$106Utah: median $130 across 38 hospitalsUT$130Colorado: median $162 across 62 hospitalsCO$162Nebraska: median $155 across 65 hospitalsNE$155Missouri: median $124 across 71 hospitalsMO$124Kentucky: median $83 across 64 hospitalsKY$83West Virginia: median $60 across 30 hospitalsWV$60Virginia: median $88 across 71 hospitalsVA$88Maryland: median $40 across 38 hospitalsMD$40Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $298 across 37 hospitalsAZ$298New Mexico: median $88 across 28 hospitalsNM$88Kansas: median $82 across 78 hospitalsKS$82Arkansas: median $90 across 33 hospitalsAR$90Tennessee: median $88 across 76 hospitalsTN$88North Carolina: median $98 across 82 hospitalsNC$98South Carolina: median $104 across 51 hospitalsSC$104Oklahoma: median $105 across 60 hospitalsOK$105Louisiana: median $75 across 50 hospitalsLA$75Mississippi: median $77 across 48 hospitalsMS$77Alabama: median $184 across 39 hospitalsAL$184Georgia: median $77 across 94 hospitalsGA$77Hawaii: median $225 across 18 hospitalsHI$225Texas: median $158 across 223 hospitalsTX$158Florida: median $98 across 130 hospitalsFL$98
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $110. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ38$398+261%$47 – $815
Wyoming WY12$300+172%$98 – $551
Arizona AZ37$298+170%$89 – $497
Pennsylvania PA105$253+129%$49 – $423
Massachusetts MA47$250+127%$101 – $429
Hawaii HI18$225+104%$31 – $457
New York NY116$189+71%$19 – $668
South Dakota SD17$186+69%$76 – $356
Alabama AL39$184+67%$27 – $438
Connecticut CT22$169+53%$48 – $515
Ohio OH138$166+50%$47 – $307
Colorado CO62$162+46%$86 – $384
Texas TX223$158+43%$97 – $398
Washington WA70$158+43%$54 – $355
Nebraska NE65$155+40%$52 – $255
Montana MT17$151+37%$98 – $352
Indiana IN91$142+29%$73 – $334
Alaska AK12$139+26%$105 – $230
Illinois IL123$138+25%$58 – $297
Utah UT38$130+18%$110 – $198
Missouri MO71$124+12%$52 – $238
California CA153$106−4%$26 – $704
Oklahoma OK60$105−5%$38 – $271
South Carolina SC51$104−6%$74 – $234
North Carolina NC82$98−11%$38 – $231
Florida FL130$98−11%$45 – $298
Arkansas AR33$90−18%$42 – $126
New Mexico NM28$88−20%$47 – $300
Tennessee TN76$88−20%$29 – $206
Virginia VA71$88−21%$50 – $403
Idaho ID19$83−25%$29 – $748
Oregon OR43$83−25%$49 – $211
Kentucky KY64$83−25%$48 – $330
Kansas KS78$82−26%$46 – $183
Georgia GA94$77−30%$28 – $326
Mississippi MS48$77−30%$23 – $249
Louisiana LA50$75−32%$31 – $136
Michigan MI95$73−33%$23 – $331
Wisconsin WI101$71−36%$28 – $97
Vermont VT12$64−42%$35 – $472
Nevada NV19$64−42%$19 – $669
Minnesota MN92$63−43%$42 – $163
West Virginia WV30$60−45%$33 – $230
Maine ME23$58−47%$46 – $101
Iowa IA72$57−48%$38 – $144
New Hampshire NH22$41−63%$22 – $376
Maryland MD38$40−64%$31 – $49
North Dakota ND26$35−68%$20 – $186
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not 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 $110.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,167$130$44 – $355
Children’s61$110$31 – $168
Critical access747$82$40 – $212
Ownership
For-profit443$161$49 – $416
Government507$98$38 – $270
Non-profit2,025$109$41 – $307
System affiliation
Part of a system2,464$114$42 – $331
Independent521$101$41 – $300

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$182
Median cash price$110
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

2,061 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $110 and the average of the middle 60% is $133; most fall between $42 and $314.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,061 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
$25$50$110$257$497

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($25 vs $497).

Of the 2,294 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,061 gave a usable cash price; 141 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 92 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,985 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (75%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,301 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,985
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here216
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded99
Hospitals that filed this code3,301

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 RBC Antigens, Not Abo/Rh, Ea.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Red cell antigen typing, each antigen (CPT 86905) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-86905-red-cell-antigen-typing-each-antigen