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Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, October 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 $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$87.10$70.79 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$83.18 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $83 to $355Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $45 to $166
$50$100$200$500facility $87professional $87

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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$169.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$645.65
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$204.17
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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 23rd 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.