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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Texas 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 Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 9 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 $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$25.70 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $20 to $126Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $38
$10$20$50$100$200facility $43professional $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
$21.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$41.69
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.95

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 25th 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.