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CD4 T-Cell Count

Arkansas 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.38$16.60 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$30.20 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $30 to $42Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $12 to $45
$10$20$50facility $31professional $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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$37.15
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 16th of 51

$30.20

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.