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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

New York 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 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 9 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$19.50$14.79 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$23.44 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $15 to $170Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $41
$1$5$20$100facility $29professional $19

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
$28.84
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$112.20
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.59
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$69.18
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$213.80
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$75.86

Where New York 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 York· 49th of 51

$20.89

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.