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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Arizona 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 Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 5 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$21.88$16.22 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$18.62 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $89Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $14 to $37
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $28professional $22

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
$25.70
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.88

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 40th 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.