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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Colorado 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 Colorado, 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 $31.62 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 7 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 $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$19.50 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $16 to $117Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $15 to $37
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $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
$16.22
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$35.48
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 43rd 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.