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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Maryland 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$27.54$22.39 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$17.78 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $16 to $30Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $15 to $33
$10$20$50facility $21professional $28

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
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$57.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.70

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$22.39

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.