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Cultured Skin Cell Test Related To Alzheimer Disease

Massachusetts 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?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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$2,239$1,549 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$3,802 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $2,239

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
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,388.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$2,239

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.