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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Connecticut 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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$22.91$19.50 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$21.88 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $14 to $105Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $26
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $23

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
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$37.15
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$50.12

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 37th of 51

$22.91

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.