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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Utah 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 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 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$22.91$21.38 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$95.50 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $18 to $316Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $39
$1$5$20$100$500facility $98professional $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
$18.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$33.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$58.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.88

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 31st of 51

$24.55

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.