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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Connecticut 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $182 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$25.12$21.88 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$93.33 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $33 to $398Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $18 to $30
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $182professional $25

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
$93.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$40.74
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$48.98
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$52.48

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 45th of 51

$25.12

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.