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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

South 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$21.88$21.88 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$21.88 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $22 to $132Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $18 to $25
$2$10$50$200facility $51professional $22

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
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$102.33
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
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$28.18

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 34th 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.