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Cell Counting by Immunologic Selection

Utah 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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$234$195 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$501 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $288 to $4,898Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $186 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $234

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
$501.19
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,096.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 22nd of 51

$263

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.