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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Maine 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$251$191 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$251 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,122Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $123 to $302
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $251

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
$251.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 28th of 51

$251

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.