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PSA Blood Test (Free PSA)

Connecticut 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$12.59$9.33 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$21.38 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $18 to $48Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26
$10$20$50facility $26professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.20
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$27.54
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$32.36
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
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 36th of 51

$16.98

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.