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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Indiana 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 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$25.70$16.22 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$123 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $27 to $603Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $30
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $148professional $26

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
$144.54
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$27.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$36.31

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 38th of 51

$28.84

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.