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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

New Mexico 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 4 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$23.99$19.50 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$22.39 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $10 to $79Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $15 to $38
$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $24

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
$47.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$41.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.14

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 37th of 51

$24.55

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.