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Cultured Skin Cell Test Related To Alzheimer Disease

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $1,862.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $3,802Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $1,622

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd 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.