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Cultured Skin Cell Test Related To Alzheimer Disease

Texas 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 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 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$1,318$1,202 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,862 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,981Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,965
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $1,318

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
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,235.94
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,311.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
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
$933.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 34th of 51

$1,585

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.