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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Virginia 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 8 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$27.54$18.62 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$28.18 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $15 to $708Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $72professional $28

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
$27.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.50
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 19th of 51

$28.18

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.