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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Alaska rates for HCPCS 86976

An extra laboratory step used while identifying antibodies in a patient's blood serum before a transfusion. The serum is diluted in a measured way and retested, which can reveal a second antibody hidden behind a strong one and make the pattern of reactions readable.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing cost?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 6 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$28.84$24.55 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$23.44 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $18 to $182Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $19 to $135
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $32professional $29

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
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$85.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$85.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$87.10

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Oregon than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alaska· 10th of 51

$28.84

OR $38.90RI $19.95

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.