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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Arkansas 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$19.05$17.78 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$37.15 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $14 to $269Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $37
$1$5$20$100facility $129professional $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
$13.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.38

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 6th of 51

$37.15

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.