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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Montana 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $417 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$324$288 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$316 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,445Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,660
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $417professional $324

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$87,096.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$776.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$213.80

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 10th of 51

$363

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.