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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Maine 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$26.92$17.78 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$26.92 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $15 to $302Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $13 to $34
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $302professional $27

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$31.62
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 23rd of 51

$26.92

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.