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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Minnesota 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$34.67$28.18 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$50.12 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $33 to $191Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $23 to $37
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $78professional $35

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
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$50.12
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$190.55
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$50.12

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$34.67

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.