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Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue

Illinois 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$67.61$47.86 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$105 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $87 to $407Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $3 to $105
$5$20$100$500facility $148professional $68

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
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 37th of 51

$67.61

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.