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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Nebraska 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 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$166$166 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$316 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $166 to $2,951Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $166

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
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$501.19

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$372

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.