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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 October 2026.

How much does Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue cost?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $115 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$83.18$53.70 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$79.43 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $65 to $263Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $42 to $234
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $115professional $83

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
$34.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$257.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$338.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$302.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$257.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$186.21
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
3 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
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th 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.