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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Idaho 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 8 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$28.18$23.44 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$26.92 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $14 to $81Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $20 to $59
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $28

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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$34.67
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$64.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$24.55

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 7th of 51

$30.20

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.