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Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue

Alabama rates for HCPCS 84233

A laboratory test on a sample of tumor tissue that measures how much estrogen receptor the cancer cells carry. Cancers rich in these receptors are usually fed by hormones and often respond well to hormone-blocking treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue cost?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$37.15 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$46.77 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $47 to $74Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $37 to $100
$50$100$200facility $48professional $52

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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$52.48
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
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$47.86

AK $200AL $47.86

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.