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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Alabama 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 4 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$234$204 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$48.98 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $42 to $302Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $166 to $288
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $126professional $234

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
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 35th of 51

$219

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.