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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Tennessee 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$186$186 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$214 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,047Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $174 to $269
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $380professional $186

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
$186.21
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 45th of 51

$200

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.