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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Washington, DC 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$28.18$28.18 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$28.18 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $28 to $309Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $25 to $39
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $151professional $28

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
$28.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$33.88

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 17th of 51

$28.18

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.