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Cultured Skin Cell Test Related To Alzheimer Disease

Oregon 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?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,138 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$2,138$1,862 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$2,239 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $7,762Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $3,020
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $2,138

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
$5,495.41
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,760.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,801.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,162.28
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 16th of 51

$2,138

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.