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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $135 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$19.05$19.05 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$74.13 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $46 to $427Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $46
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $135professional $19

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
$33.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$190.55
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$81.28

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 47th 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.