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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Minnesota 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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$10.96$10.96 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$61.66 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $39 to $380Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $91professional $11

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
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$169.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$72.44

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 51st of 51

$12.59

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.