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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

North Dakota 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 North Dakota, 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 $33.11 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 $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$25.70 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $26 to $45Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $33
$20$50facility $33professional $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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$57.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$40.74

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 22nd 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.