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Blood Screening Score For Colorectal Cancer

South Carolina 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$302$302 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$302 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,862Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $302 to $339
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $302

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
$302.00
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$467.74

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$309

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.