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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Pennsylvania 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$26.30$21.38 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$35.48 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $27 to $115Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $32
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $26

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
$26.92
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$48.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$114.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.88

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 18th of 51

$26.92

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.