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Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue

Indiana 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$53.70$35.48 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$79.43 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $69 to $263Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $32 to $132
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $87professional $54

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
$131.83
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$97.72
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$104.71
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
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 40th of 51

$66.07

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.