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Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue

Georgia 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$35.48 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$87.10 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $66 to $302Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $22 to $129
$50$100$200facility $100professional $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
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$128.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$186.21
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
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.98

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 45th of 51

$64.57

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.