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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Massachusetts 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 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 9 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$29.51$21.88 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$20.89 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $60Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $17 to $45
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $26professional $30

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
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$74.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$54.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$41.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$48.98
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$74.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$41.69

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$29.51

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.