Blood antibody screen
Facility: Bassett Healthcare
Billing Code: 86850 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $68 compared to the $32 fair price benchmark.
2-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 2.13× fair market pricing.
Highest price of the 9 NY hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NY hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a Blood antibody screen is about $32 (about 0.6× the $53 Medicare rate). Bassett Healthcare charges insurers about $68, or about $35 in cash — well above the fair price. Located in Cooperstown, NY.
This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less
Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $32. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $6 - $68 | 11% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $41 - $122 | 77% |
| Aetnamajor | $68 | 128% |
| Cignamajor | $111 | 208% |
| Humanamajor | $68 | 128% |
| CDPHP | $6 - $68 | 11% |
| Fidelis Care | $8 - $68 | 15% |
| MVP Health Care | $12 - $68 | 23% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $6 - $68 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
Estimate your out-of-pocket cost
A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Bassett Healthcare
Compare: Blood antibody screen at other NY hospitals
- Long Island Community Hospital · Patchogue $6
- Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital · New Rochelle $6
- F F Thompson Hospital · Canandaigua $7
- Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital · Mount Vernon $7
- Elizabethtown Community Hospital · Elizabethtown $7
- O'Connor Hospital · Delhi $7
- Bertrand Chaffee Hospital · Springville $8
- The University of Vermont Health Network-Alice Hy · Malone $8
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Bassett Healthcare (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $48
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $48).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($35) Beats Your Bill
Bassett Healthcare's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $35 (vs. $68 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $32 Fair BaseRate ($53 Medicare)
Your bill ($131) is $99 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($32) and 2.5× the $53 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.