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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Rhode Island 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$18.62$18.62 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$39.81 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $32 to $115Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $16 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $65professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$50.12

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 51st of 51

$19.95

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.