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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Arkansas 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 5 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$20.89$19.50 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$40.74 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $31 to $282Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $16 to $41
$2$10$50$200facility $148professional $21

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
$40.74
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 22nd of 51

$40.74

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.