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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

South Carolina 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 6 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$24.55$20.89 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$23.99 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $14 to $89Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $14 to $31
$5$10$20$50$100facility $31professional $25

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
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.91

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$24.55

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.