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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

South Dakota 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $135 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 7 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$30.20$22.39 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$132 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $40 to $145Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $18 to $62
$20$50$100$200facility $135professional $30

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
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$36.31
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 9th of 51

$61.66

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.