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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Michigan 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$25.70$20.42 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$16.98 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $13 to $55Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $9 to $34
$10$20$50facility $30professional $26

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
$28.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$47.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$24.55

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 19th of 51

$26.30

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.