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CD4 T-Cell Count

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86361

Counts how many CD4 T-cells are present in a measured volume of blood. These are the immune cells that coordinate the body's defenses and the ones that HIV destroys, so the count is a direct measure of how much immune protection a person has left. It reports the CD4 cells on their own rather than alongside other immune cell types.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does CD4 T-Cell Count 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 $20.89 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$20.89$14.13 to $30.90
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 $22Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $11 to $32
$20$50$100facility $15professional $21

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
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$36.31
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
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.49
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
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in South Carolina 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

SC $67.61AL $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.