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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Montana 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$40.74$26.92 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$57.54 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $58 to $490Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $15 to $59
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $78professional $41

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
$100.00
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$478.63
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 10th of 51

$57.54

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.