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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

North Carolina 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$26.30$23.99 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$50.12 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $26 to $178Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $26
$10$20$50$100$200facility $115professional $26

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
$26.30
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$31.62
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 13th of 51

$50.12

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.