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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 4 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$692$186 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$324 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $295 to $4,266Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $141 to $692
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $692

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
$398.11
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$489.78

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 3rd 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.