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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

New York 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 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 9 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$182$174 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$263 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $214 to $692Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $120 to $417
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $182

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
$213.80
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$467.74
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,202.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$954.99
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$489.78
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$50,118.72
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$398.11
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54

Where New York 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 York· 29th of 51

$245

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.