Lab tests CPT 86900 Outpatient

Blood type test cost in Little Rock, AR

In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 12 hospitals list a cash price for blood type test, ABO group only (Rh factor is a separate test): from $17.52 to $164.00, with a median of $76.13. The lowest listed price is at Arkansas Childrens Hospital — $58.61 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $58.50 at 56 hospitals.

  • The median here, $76.13, is 13% above the US median of $67.66.
  • That is 25.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($2.99).
  • 1 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 12 facilities across 5 cities for code 86900, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 7, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Oct 1, 2026.

Lowest$17.52Arkansas Childrens Hospital
Median$76.13half of hospitals charge less
Highest$164.00in this market
Difference9.4×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.

median
Lowest $17.52Highest $260.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Arkansas Childrens Hospital lowest Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file $17.52 $19.47 $19.47–$124.40 10%
Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock Little Rock, AR · (501) 202-2000 86900 - BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $51.74 $206.96 $2.99–$268.93 75%
Baptist Health Medical Center - Conway Conway, AR · (501) 585-2000 86900 - BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $51.74 $206.96 $2.99–$268.93 75%
Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock North Little Rock, AR · (501) 202-3000 86900 - BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $51.74 $206.96 $2.99–$268.93 75%
Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 BLOOD TYPE ABO+1 more line at this price File of Jul 2, 2026 · source file $56.32 $255.98 $4.49–$255.98 78%
Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 REF ABO TYPING File of Jul 2, 2026 · source file $61.85 $281.14 $4.49–$281.14 78%
UAMS Health Benton-Bryant Bryant, AR BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO File of Oct 1, 2026 · source file $76.13 $126.88 $4.26–$887.00 40%
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO File of Jun 17, 2026 · source file $76.13 $126.88 $4.26–$887.00 40%
UAMS Health Benton-Bryant Bryant, AR BLOOD GROUP TYPING (ABO) File of Oct 1, 2026 · source file $102.60 $171.00 $4.26–$887.00 40%
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 BLOOD GROUP TYPING (ABO) File of Jun 17, 2026 · source file $102.60 $171.00 $4.26–$887.00 40%
Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 BLOOD GROUP TYPING (ABO) File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file $107.84 $119.82 $20.32–$124.40 10%
CHI St. Vincent Infirmary Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 BLOOD TYPE IUFD-ABO File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $111.43 $455.00 $2.37–$318.50 76%
Arkansas Heart Hospital-Encore Bryant, AR · (501) 213-4500 ABO/Rh+1 more line at this price File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $112.00 $140.00 $13.62–$159.00 20%
Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 ABO+1 more line at this price File of Nov 21, 2025 · source file $112.00 $140.00 $13.62–$159.00 20%
St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Sherwood, AR · (501) 552-7100 BLOOD TYPE IUFD-ABO File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $113.44 $455.00 $2.37–$318.50 75%
Cornerstone Hospital Little Rock Little Rock, AR ABO BLOOD TYPING File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $164.00 $164.00 — —
Cornerstone Hospital Little Rock Little Rock, AR BLOOD TYPING ABO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $260.00 $260.00 — —
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $17.52, median $76.13, highest $164.00 — a 9.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $112.44. 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 11 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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 blood type test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Blood type test explained.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86900 ($96.11). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, ARBLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO $3.52 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.