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Sampling Of The Upper Throat To Find A Hidden Cancer

Michigan rates for HCPCS 42806

Takes tissue samples from the area behind the nose, at the top of the throat, when no visible lesion can be seen. Several samples are taken systematically across the area to search for a cancer whose starting point has not been found. It is done when cancer has appeared elsewhere, such as in a neck lymph node, and the source is unknown.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sampling Of The Upper Throat To Find A Hidden Cancer cost?

$1,937

Typical total for the visit. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,937 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$178 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,230 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $617 to $3,715Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $40 to $309
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$60.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 8.6 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Michigan· 31st of 51

$1,937

$200 physician + $1,738 facility

CO $4,622ND $540

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.