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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Rhode Island 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 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 4 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$18.62$18.62 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$93.33 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $72 to $257Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $38
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $115professional $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
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$52.48

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 50th of 51

$21.88

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.