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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Arizona 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$17.38$14.45 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$22.91 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $15 to $155Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $19
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $89professional $17

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
$25.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.88

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 48th of 51

$17.38

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.