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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Georgia 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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$23.99$21.88 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$30.20 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $24 to $209Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $15 to $33
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $46professional $24

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
$28.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$28.18

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 35th of 51

$29.51

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.