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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

New Hampshire 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$27.54$20.42 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$42.66 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $4 to $3,981Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $15 to $31
$10$100$1Kfacility $48professional $28

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
$14.79
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$46.77
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 13th of 51

$27.54

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.