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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Hawaii 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?

$25.12

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $20.89 to $38.90.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $18 to $48
$20$50professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.02
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.20

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 27th of 51

$25.12

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.