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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Nevada 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 Nevada, 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 $58.88 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$23.99$18.20 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$30.90 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $28 to $263Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $15 to $37
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $59professional $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
$27.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$34.67
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$4.37
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$36.31

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 38th 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.