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Tumor Marker Test, Positive or Negative

Washington 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$22.91$15.85 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$28.18 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $26 to $71Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $11 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $23

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
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$70.79
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$70.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$27.54
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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.01
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 26th of 51

$23.99

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.