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PSA Blood Test (Free PSA)

Maryland 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 6 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$16.60$13.80 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$21.88 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $13 to $81Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $24
$10$20$50$100facility $62professional $17

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
$13.49
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$44.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$27.54

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$16.98

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.