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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

New Mexico 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $331 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 5 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$25.12$21.88 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$102 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $23 to $1,047Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $11 to $38
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $331professional $25

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
$47.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$35.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.88

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 29th of 51

$33.11

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.