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Blood Compatibility Test - Incubation Method

West 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$22.91$21.88 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$22.39 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $22 to $60Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $28
$1$5$20$100$500facility $22professional $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
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.70
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$109.65
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.88

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 38th of 51

$22.39

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.