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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Alaska rates for HCPCS 86920

This is a rapid laboratory step used to check compatibility between a patient's blood and a specific unit of donor blood before a transfusion. It is one of the checks performed as part of pre-transfusion testing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion cost?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$126$37.15 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$18.62 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $19 to $331Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $21 to $138
$20$50$100$200facility $95professional $126

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$123.03

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in West Virginia than in Oklahoma. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$126

WV $148OK $21.88

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.