Blood antibody screen
Facility: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Billing Code: 86850 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 PA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.
A fair price for a Blood antibody screen is about $45 (about 0.8× the $53 Medicare rate). Penn Presbyterian Medical Center charges insurers about $58, or about $643 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Philadelphia, PA.
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 $45. 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 | $17 - $643 | 32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $9 - $643 | 17% |
| Aetnamajor | $20 - $643 | 38% |
| Cignamajor | $17 - $204 | 32% |
| Humanamajor | $56 - $514 | 105% |
| Clover Health | $59 | 111% |
| Geisinger | $56 - $173 | 105% |
| Health Net | $386 | 725% |
| HealthPartners | $56 - $643 | 105% |
| Oscar Health | $93 | 175% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $14 - $643 | 26% |
| + 38 smaller / regional plans | $8 - $643 |
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 Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Compare: Blood antibody screen at other PA hospitals
- UPMC Wellsboro · Wellsboro $9
- Geisinger-Community Medical Center · Scranton $10
- Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital · Bloomsburg $10
- UPMC Jameson · New Castle $10
- Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital · Philadelphia $10
- St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus · Quakertown $10
- UPMC Somerset · Somerset $10
- Washington Hospital, The · Washington $10
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.