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Cultured Skin Cell Test Related To Alzheimer Disease

Ohio 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?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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 8 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$708$339 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$6,918 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $30,903Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,455
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $708

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
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,630.27
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$46,773.51
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$34,673.69
Typical High
$61,659.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 50th of 51

$724

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.