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Prostate Cancer Risk Blood Score

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

How much does Prostate Cancer Risk Blood Score cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$457$457 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$891 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,455Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,995
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,175professional $457

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
$501.19
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Texas than in Oklahoma. 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.

Nebraska· 47th of 51

$501

TX $1,905OK $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.