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Tumor Marker Test, Positive or Negative

South Carolina 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.99$20.42 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$47.86 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $29 to $115Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $14 to $44
$10$20$50$100facility $56professional $24

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
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.49
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
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.07

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 2nd of 51

$42.66

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.