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Blood Crossmatch Using Antiglobulin Method

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 86922

Checks that a specific unit of donor blood is safe for a patient by mixing the patient's plasma with the donor's red cells, incubating the mixture, and then adding a reagent that reveals antibody stuck to the cell surface. This is the most sensitive laboratory crossmatch and catches antibodies that faster methods miss. It is performed once for each unit of blood checked.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Crossmatch Using Antiglobulin Method cost?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$13.49 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$21.38 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $17 to $83Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $12 to $39
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $27professional $16

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$45.71
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$52.48
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$54.95
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Alaska than in Arizona. 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.

Connecticut· 43rd of 51

$21.38

AK $145AZ $16.98

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.