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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Louisiana 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 4 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$33.11$19.95 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$34.67 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $32 to $219Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $14 to $38
$10$20$50$100$200facility $43professional $33

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
$33.11
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$35.48

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.