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Cultured Skin Cell Test Related To Alzheimer Disease

California rates for HCPCS 0206U

A laboratory test related to Alzheimer disease that is performed on a patient's skin cells after they have been grown in the laboratory. Two things are examined: how much the cells clump together, and the level of a protein called protein kinase C-epsilon, measured with an antibody-based method. The findings are reported as a present-or-absent result rather than as a numeric score.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cultured Skin Cell Test Related To Alzheimer Disease cost?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 9 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$1,660$759 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,995 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $339 to $4,074
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,660

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$5,888.44
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,019.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where California sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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.

California· 29th of 51

$1,660

WI $3,548KY $339

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.