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Blood Screening Score For Colorectal Cancer

Tennessee 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 October 2026.

How much does Blood Screening Score For Colorectal Cancer cost?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $234 to $389.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $295 to $933Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $178 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $724professional $302

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$324

AK $871AL $63.10

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.