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Blood Screening Score For Colorectal Cancer

Rhode Island 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 4 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$288$288 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$447 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,778Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $224 to $447
$200$500$1Kfacility $1,122professional $288

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$562.34

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 47th of 51

$288

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.