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Prostate Cancer Risk Blood Score

Alaska rates for HCPCS 81539

A blood test that measures several prostate-related proteins and combines them through a formula into a single score estimating the chance that aggressive prostate cancer is present. It is used when a raised routine prostate blood result has been found, to help decide whether a biopsy is warranted. It gives a probability rather than a yes-or-no answer.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prostate Cancer Risk Blood Score cost?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$1,698$759 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$759 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,698

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,570.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,454.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,019.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$1,698

AK $1,698RI $447

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.