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Serum Dilution Step In Blood Antibody Testing

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 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 8 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$23.99$15.14 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$22.91 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $16 to $93Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $15 to $31
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $31professional $24

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
$30.20
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.99
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$43.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$69.18
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$24.55

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 28th 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.