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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Alaska rates for HCPCS 86921

This laboratory test checks whether a unit of donor blood is safe to give to a specific patient before a transfusion. It mixes a sample of the patient's blood with the donor blood and allows extra time for the mixture to react, which helps catch certain antibodies that take longer to show up than a quick check would.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method cost?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 6 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$115$110 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $234Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $30 to $123
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $15professional $115

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
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$109.65

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in North Dakota than in Minnesota. 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.

Alaska· 24th of 51

$26.92

ND $129MN $12.59

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.