Blood antibody screen
Facility: Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital
Billing Code: 86850 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $101 compared to the $43 fair price benchmark.
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A fair price for a Blood antibody screen is about $43 (about 0.8× the $53 Medicare rate). Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital charges insurers about $101, or about $89 in cash — well above the fair price. Located in New Albany, OH.
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 $43. 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 | $41 - $69 | 77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $49 - $187 | 92% |
| Aetnamajor | $9 - $137 | 17% |
| Cignamajor | $40 | 75% |
| Humanamajor | $70 - $137 | 131% |
| AmeriHealth | $64 | 120% |
| CareSource | $100 | 188% |
| GEHA | $62 - $69 | 116% |
| HealthLink | $103 | 193% |
| HealthPartners | $40 | 75% |
| MagnaCare | $64 | 120% |
| Medical Mutual | $109 - $179 | 205% |
| MVP Health Care | $40 | 75% |
| Oscar Health | $50 | 94% |
| Priority Health | $40 | 75% |
| Sentara | $137 | 257% |
| UniCare | $64 | 120% |
| + 90 smaller / regional plans | $9 - $632 |
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 Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital
Compare: Blood antibody screen at other OH hospitals
- Wilson Memorial Hospital · Sidney $10
- Wooster Community Hospital · Wooster $10
- Pomerene Hospital · Millersburg $10
- Summa Western Reserve Hospital · Cuyahoga Falls $10
- Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery · Lima $10
- Miami Valley Hospital · Dayton $12
- Atrium Medical Center · Franklin $12
- Memorial Hospital · Fremont $12
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $50
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 = $50).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($89) Beats Your Bill
Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $89 (vs. $101 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $43 Fair BaseRate ($53 Medicare)
Your bill ($137) is $94 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($43) and 2.6× the $53 Medicare rate.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
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.