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White Cell Chemotaxis Assay

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 86155

A laboratory test that measures how well white blood cells move towards a chemical signal, the way they normally travel to the site of an infection. Sluggish movement points to a defect in the immune system's ability to bring defending cells where they are needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does White Cell Chemotaxis Assay cost?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$13.49$12.30 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$23.99 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $16 to $219Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $46
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $35professional $13

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
$20.42
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$44.67
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$18.20
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.91

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii than in Maryland. 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.

New Jersey· 14th of 51

$19.05

HI $28.84MD $12.02

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.