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Blood Crossmatch Using Antiglobulin Method

Washington, DC 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 July 2026.

How much does Blood Crossmatch Using Antiglobulin Method cost?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$33.11$33.11 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$135 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $33 to $309Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $33 to $71
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $282professional $33

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
$33.11
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$295.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$40.74

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 5.9 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.

Washington, DC· 5th of 51

$81.28

AK $135AZ $22.91

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.