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Pancreatic/GI Cancer Tumor Marker Blood Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86301

This blood test measures the level of a specific protein marker that can be elevated in some people with pancreatic or other gastrointestinal cancers. It is typically used to help monitor a known cancer's response to treatment or watch for signs of recurrence, rather than to diagnose cancer on its own.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pancreatic/GI Cancer Tumor Marker Blood Test cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$13.80$10.72 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $21Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $14

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
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$24.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.79
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
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$15.14

AK $48.98AL $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.