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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Maryland 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $3.80 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$24.55$19.95 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.80$2.82 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $49Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $14 to $28
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $4professional $25

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
$2.09
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$52.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.91

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 32nd of 51

$24.55

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.