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PSA Blood Test (Free PSA)

Colorado rates for HCPCS 84154

A blood test that measures the portion of prostate-specific antigen circulating unbound, or free, in the bloodstream, as opposed to bound to other proteins. It is typically ordered alongside a total PSA result to help estimate the likelihood that an elevated PSA level is related to cancer versus a noncancerous prostate condition.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does PSA Blood Test (Free PSA) cost?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.59$9.12 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$32.36 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $14 to $85Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $52professional $13

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
$14.13
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.30
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$37.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$72.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.49
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.72

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$19.50

VT $110MD $13.80

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.