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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Georgia 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 Georgia, 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 $33.11 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$16.22 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$26.30 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $19 to $52Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $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
$12.59
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.02
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$54.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$123.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$28.18

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 36th 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.