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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Illinois 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 6 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 $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$34.67 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $28 to $115Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $15 to $42
$2$10$50$200facility $55professional $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
$28.84
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$44.67
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$131.83
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.20

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 9th of 51

$28.84

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.