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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

Washington 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 9 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$40.74$21.88 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$42.66 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $41 to $617Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $15 to $71
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $132professional $41

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
$40.74
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$36.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.92

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 17th of 51

$45.71

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.