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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

New Jersey 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?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 5 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$219$195 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$501 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,388Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $170 to $692
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,288professional $219

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
$323.59
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$691.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 2nd of 51

$692

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.