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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Ohio 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 8 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$24.55$17.38 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$51.29 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $31 to $501Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $95
$2$10$50$200facility $126professional $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
$31.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$31.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$47.86
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$251.19
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$47.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.20

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 12th of 51

$53.70

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.