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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

South Dakota 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 6 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$380$195 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$457 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $282 to $479Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $170 to $676
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $479professional $380

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
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 5th of 51

$447

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.