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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Utah 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $107 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$27.54$19.95 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$34.67 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $20 to $141Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $15 to $60
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $107professional $28

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
$19.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$2.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$36.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$58.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.95

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 11th of 51

$27.54

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.