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Quick Blood Compatibility Test Before Transfusion

West Virginia 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$24.55$24.55 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$100 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $44 to $288Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $14 to $31
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $170professional $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
$43.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$120.23
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$26.92

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 1st of 51

$148

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.