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Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue

Colorado 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$37.15 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$155 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $68 to $398Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $37 to $151
$50$100$200$500facility $251professional $60

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
$89.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$125.89
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
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
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$87.10

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.