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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Tennessee 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 5 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$25.12$19.95 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$22.91 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $10 to $123Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $36
$1$5$20$100facility $27professional $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
$24.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$36.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 26th of 51

$25.12

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.