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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Alaska rates for HCPCS 86152

A laboratory test that counts a particular type of cell in a fluid sample by using antibodies to pick those cells out and identify them. A common use is counting tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream. The count can be tracked over time to follow how a disease is behaving.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection cost?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 6 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$759$457 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$182 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,349Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $182professional $759

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$812.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$758.58

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Vermont than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 17th of 51

$288

VT $692DC $186

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.