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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Kentucky 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 7 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$23.44$14.79 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$38.02 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $25 to $269Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $15 to $30
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $23

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
$24.55
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.20

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$24.55

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.