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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

North Carolina 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $219 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$200$200 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$200 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $174 to $832Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $151 to $331
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $219professional $200

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
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$200

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.