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Cultured Skin Cell Test Related To Alzheimer Disease

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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$1,445$1,202 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$5,495 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $5,495 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $5,495professional $1,445

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
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,162.28
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,862.09
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 27th 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.