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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Maine 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 Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$29.51$19.95 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$67.61 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $30 to $457Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $15 to $37
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $117professional $30

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
$29.51
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$35.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$457.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$46.77

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 33rd 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.