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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

North Carolina 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$23.44$21.88 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$15.14 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $170Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $23

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
$23.44
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.84
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$23.44

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.