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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Georgia 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$166$120 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$229 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $166 to $589Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $120 to $240
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $295professional $166

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
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 46th of 51

$200

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.