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Tumor Cell Drug Response Test, First Drug

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 81535

A laboratory test that keeps living cancer cells taken from a gynecologic tumor alive in culture and exposes them to a cancer drug to see how strongly the cells react. The reaction is reported as a score that helps the oncologist judge which drug is more likely to work against that particular tumor. This covers the first drug or drug combination tested.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tumor Cell Drug Response Test, First Drug cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 5 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$457$457 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$457 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,754Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $407 to $603
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,413professional $457

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
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$691.83

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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· 43rd of 51

$468

ND $891CT $407

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.