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Tumor Marker Test, Positive or Negative

New York 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.60$10.23 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$9.77 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $8 to $66Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $51
$10$20$50$100$200facility $26professional $17

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
$12.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$52.48
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$123.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$57.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$50.12
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$38.02
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$29.51
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
4 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
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$4.37
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.00

Where New York 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.

New York· 47th of 51

$17.38

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.