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Pancreatic/GI Cancer Tumor Marker Blood Test

Virginia 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$10.96 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$20.89 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $19 to $100Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $29
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $31professional $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
$15.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$31.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.85
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$30.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$10,232.93
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
$12.59
Typical High
$21.88
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
$9.55
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.89

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 48th of 51

$16.60

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.