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Pancreatic/GI Cancer Tumor Marker Blood Test

South Carolina 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$28.84$20.89 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$48.98 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $25 to $166Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $15 to $52
$10$20$50$100$200facility $71professional $29

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
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$24.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.79
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
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.31

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 7th of 51

$30.20

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.