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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Michigan 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 Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$25.70$12.02 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$26.92 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $18 to $59Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $4 to $31
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $27professional $26

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
$25.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$50.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$37.15
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.88

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 25th 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.