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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

Washington 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 9 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$37.15$20.42 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$41.69 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $37 to $646Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $14 to $65
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $91professional $37

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
$37.15
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$42.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$61.66
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$33.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.92

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 7th of 51

$37.15

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.