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PSA Blood Test (Free PSA)

North Carolina 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 8 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$18.20$14.79 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$19.05 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $15 to $141Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $18

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
$14.79
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$35.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.70
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 21st of 51

$21.88

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.