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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $661 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$234 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$251 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,862Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $200 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 23rd 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.