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Tumor Marker Test, Positive or Negative

Indiana rates for HCPCS 86294

An antibody-based laboratory test that looks for a tumor-associated substance in a sample and reports the answer as positive or negative, or as a rough level, rather than an exact figure. A common use is checking urine for a bladder cancer marker in someone being monitored after treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tumor Marker Test, Positive or Negative cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.49$10.23 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$22.91 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $76Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $31
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $26professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$51.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$51.29
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$30.90
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$12.30

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$17.78

AK $57.54AL $15.14

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.