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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Arizona 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$19.05$16.22 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$97.72 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $19 to $224Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $22
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $145professional $19

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
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.92

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 39th of 51

$28.18

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.