go back

Pancreatic/GI Cancer Tumor Marker Blood Test

Kentucky 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$12.02 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$17.38 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $14 to $50Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $29
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $18

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
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.84
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
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.17

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 40th of 51

$17.78

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.