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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

South Dakota 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 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 7 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$22.39 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$35.48 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $24 to $50Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $17 to $62
$10$20$50$100$200facility $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
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 5th of 51

$33.11

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.