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Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue

South Carolina 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$87.10$74.13 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$186 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $98 to $525Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $52 to $151
$50$100$200$500facility $245professional $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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.13

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 16th of 51

$93.33

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.