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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Maine 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 Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$30.20$21.88 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$29.51 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $30 to $79Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $32
$5$10$20$50facility $40professional $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
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$50.12
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 6th 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.