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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Louisiana 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$275$214 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$263 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $55 to $891Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $151 to $447
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $275

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
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 14th of 51

$302

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.