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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Florida 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$24.55$19.95 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$20.89 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $7 to $71Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $14 to $31
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $25

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
$26.30
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$52.48
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$30.90
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$24.55
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 30th of 51

$24.55

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.