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Estrogen Receptor Test on Tumor Tissue

Virginia 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$42.66 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$87.10 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $79 to $427Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $35 to $107
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $115professional $60

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
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$102.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$117.49
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$87.10
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
$37.15
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.49

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$67.61

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.