Blood type test cost in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for blood type test, ABO group only (Rh factor is a separate test): from $7.40 to $12.36, with a median of $7.77. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center Surgical Hospital — $0.37 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $88.35 at 101 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 86900, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH BB BLD TYPE ABO | $7.40 | $37.00 | $1.08–$475.37 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH BLD TYPE ABO | $7.47 | $37.37 | $3.14–$1,415.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX BB BLD TYPE ABO | $7.77 | $38.85 | $1.08–$475.37 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 BB BLD TYPE ABO | $7.77 | $38.85 | $1.08–$475.37 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX BLD TYPE ABO | $7.85 | $39.24 | $3.14–$1,415.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 BLD TYPE ABO | $7.85 | $39.24 | $3.14–$1,415.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH BLD BLD TYPE ABO | $10.32 | $51.60 | $1.08–$475.37 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 ABO DISCREPANCY RESOLUTION-VITALANT | $12.36 | $61.81 | $2.92–$49.45 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 BLD BLD TYPE ABO | $13.55 | $67.73 | $1.08–$475.37 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX BLD BLD TYPE ABO | $13.55 | $67.73 | $1.08–$475.37 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH BB UBS BLOOD TYPING ABO | $16.20 | $81.00 | $1.08–$475.37 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 BB UBS BLOOD TYPING ABO | $17.01 | $85.05 | $1.08–$475.37 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX BB UBS BLOOD TYPING ABO | $17.01 | $85.05 | $1.08–$475.37 | 80% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $7.40, median $7.77, highest $12.36 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $7.77. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This test finds your ABO blood group: A, B, AB or O. It is done before transfusions or surgery, during pregnancy, and sometimes just so a person knows their blood type.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the ABO grouping only. The blood draw is often billed separately, and the Rh factor (86901) and antibody screen (86850) are separate codes.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86900 ($68.17). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXBLD ABO TYPING 2 | $2.80 | file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXBLD BLOOD TYPING ABO | $2.80 | file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TXBB BLOOD TYPING ABO | $2.80 | file |