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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Mississippi 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 4 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$269$200 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$251 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $170 to $537Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $166 to $513
$20$50$100$200$500facility $447professional $269

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
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$467.74
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
$151.36
Typical High
$478.63

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 15th of 51

$288

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.