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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Pennsylvania 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 8 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$214$204 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$302 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,413Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $195 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $214

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
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$691.83
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$363.08
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$741.31
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 32nd of 51

$234

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.