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Tumor Marker Test, Positive or Negative

Massachusetts 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25.70$18.62 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$25.70 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $19 to $74Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $65
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $33professional $26

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
$18.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$74.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$64.57
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$100.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$91.20
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$89.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$74.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$64.57
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$53.70
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$44.67
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
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
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.47

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 16th of 51

$28.18

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.