Lab tests CPT 86901 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Rh factor test cost in Grand Rapids, MN — inpatient

In Grand Rapids, MN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for rh blood typing as an inpatient: from $24.23 to $62.41, with a median of $53.95. The lowest listed price is at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital — $29.72 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $43.20 at 81 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 86901, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.

Lowest$24.23Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Median$53.95half pay less
Highest$62.41in this market
Difference2.6×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 Grand Rapids, MN.

median
Lowest $24.23Highest $62.41

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital lowest Grand Rapids, MN · (218) 326-3401 HC MISC TEST $24.23 $57.00 $25.94–$56.72 57% Jan 28, 2026
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Essentia Health Deer River Deer River, MN · (218) 246-4200 BLOOD TYPING RH (D) $53.95 $73.00 $29.35–$73.00 26% Jan 1, 2026
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Bigfork Valley Hospital Bigfork, MN · (218) 743-3177 RH TYPING $62.41 $87.90 $2.93–$85.26 29% —
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Inpatient: lowest $24.23, median $53.95, highest $62.41 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $53.95 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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 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 it is

An Rh test checks whether red blood cells carry the Rh (D) protein. It is done with blood typing before transfusion and in pregnancy.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86901 ($48.00). 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.

Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MNHC RH BLOOD TYPE $4.79 file