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PSA Blood Test (Free PSA)

Washington, DC 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 July 2026.

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

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $129 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 5 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$13.80$13.80 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$33.11 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $14 to $214Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $14 to $65
$10$20$50$100$200facility $129professional $14

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
$13.80
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$144.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$31.62

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in West Virginia than in Tennessee. 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.

Washington, DC· 8th of 51

$33.11

WV $70.79TN $16.60

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.