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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Montana 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 Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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$24.55$19.95 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$29.51 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $19 to $135Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $58
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $58professional $25

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$51.29
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$81.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$81.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$67.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$24.55

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 20th 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.