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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Iowa 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 7 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$21.38$18.62 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$24.55 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $19 to $380Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $56
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $66professional $21

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
$19.05
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$69.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$117.49
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$54.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 41st of 51

$21.38

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.