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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Montana 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$36.31$36.31 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$51.29 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $51 to $66,069Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $14 to $83
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $54professional $36

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$478.63
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$204.17
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.88

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 2nd of 51

$51.29

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.