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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Oregon 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 8 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$33.11$23.44 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$36.31 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $24 to $68Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $16 to $76
$5$10$20$50$100facility $50professional $33

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
$95.50
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$70.79
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$61.66
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$61.66
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$36.31

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 1st of 51

$38.90

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.