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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Arkansas 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 4 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$23.44$20.89 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$25.70 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $22 to $41Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $41
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $35professional $23

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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.88

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 42nd of 51

$23.99

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.