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Pancreatic/GI Cancer Tumor Marker Blood Test

Colorado 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$10.23 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$36.31 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $16 to $95Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $60professional $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
$15.85
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.20
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$41.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$43.65
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
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
$7.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.17

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 28th of 51

$21.88

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.