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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Rhode Island 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $102 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 4 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$16.60$16.60 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$89.13 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $65 to $240Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $35
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $102professional $17

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
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$47.86

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 49th of 51

$16.60

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.