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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, 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 $21.88 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 6 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$19.05 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$21.88 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $14 to $66Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $26
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $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
$21.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$27.54

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 42nd 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.