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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Washington, DC 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$30.90$30.90 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$30.90 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $31 to $224Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $31 to $65
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $93professional $31

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
$30.90
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.02

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 34th of 51

$30.90

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.