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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Tennessee 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 5 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 $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$24.55 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $15 to $200Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $20 to $27
$1$5$20$100$500facility $98professional $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
$97.72
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$42.66
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.30

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 40th of 51

$21.88

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.