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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Illinois 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 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 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$195$126 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$257 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $204 to $692Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $3 to $501
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $389professional $195

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
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 38th of 51

$214

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.