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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Massachusetts 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 9 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$27.54$20.89 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$42.66 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $18 to $295Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $59
$10$100$1Kfacility $166professional $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
$18.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$29.51
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$269.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$83.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$58.88
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$81.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$269.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$144.54

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$27.54

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.