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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Mississippi 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 5 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$21.88 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$22.39 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $20 to $43Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $41
$10$20$50facility $27professional $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
$22.39
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$43.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$31.62

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 24th of 51

$25.70

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.