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Circulating Tumor Cell Count With Her2

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0338U

Counts cancer cells that have broken away from a tumor and are traveling in the bloodstream, and reports how many of them carry HER2, a protein that can be targeted by specific drugs. Cells in a blood sample are identified by their surface and internal proteins (EpCAM, cytokeratins 8, 18 and 19, CD45 and HER2) and the counts are reported as numbers.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Circulating Tumor Cell Count With Her2 cost?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 6 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$1,905$1,905 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$1,905 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,138
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,898professional $1,905

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
$1,905.46
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Wyoming. 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.

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$1,950

AK $5,495WY $1,445

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.