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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Connecticut 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $389 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 5 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$224$195 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$275 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $251 to $692Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $151 to $263
$200$500$1Kfacility $389professional $224

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
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 34th of 51

$224

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.