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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Oklahoma 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$23.44$16.22 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$22.91 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $44Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $38
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $23

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
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.89

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 44th of 51

$23.44

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.