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Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue cost?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $170 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$87.10$74.13 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$100 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $65 to $302Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $54 to $219
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $170professional $87

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$288.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$416.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$229.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$199.53

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Massachusetts· 25th of 51

$87.10

AK $191FL $61.66

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.