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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

South Carolina 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$195$195 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$45.71 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $28 to $832Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $195 to $263
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $195professional $195

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
$194.98
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 48th of 51

$195

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.