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Blood Screening Score For Colorectal Cancer

Colorado rates for HCPCS 0163U

Screens for colorectal cancer and for advanced pre-cancerous growths in the bowel using a blood sample. Three proteins — Cripto-1, carcinoembryonic antigen and an extracellular matrix protein — are measured in plasma or serum and combined with the person's age, sex and screening history into a single likelihood figure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Screening Score For Colorectal Cancer cost?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$295$275 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$661 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,995Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $166 to $372
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $295

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
$295.12
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$371.54

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in North Dakota than in Florida. 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$372

ND $589FL $251

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.