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Prostate Cancer Risk Blood Score

Arkansas 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 4 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$575$513 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$851 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,175Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $363 to $955
$500$1Kfacility $955professional $575

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
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 32nd of 51

$661

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.