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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Nebraska 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$21.88$20.42 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$22.91 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $16 to $182Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $16 to $40
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $39professional $22

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
$21.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$37.15

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 47th of 51

$21.88

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.