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Other Blood Bank Laboratory Service

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 86999

Covers laboratory work involving blood or blood products that is unusual enough to have no standard named test of its own. The laboratory supplies a written description of what was performed so it can be assessed. What is involved depends entirely on the specific case.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Other Blood Bank Laboratory Service cost?

$1.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.05 from a physician practice, and about $75,858 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$1.05$1.05 to $1.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75,858$110 to $85,114

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $75,858 · 10th to 90th $35 to $97,724Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $75,858professional $1

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60,255.96
Median
$81,283.05
Typical High
$107,151.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60,255.96
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$87,096.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$109.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 645.7 times more in Hawaii than in Kentucky. 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 50

$1.05

HI $676KY $1.05

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.