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CD4 T-Cell Count

Colorado 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$18.62$11.22 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$46.77 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $20 to $123Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $46
$20$50$100$200facility $78professional $19

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
$20.42
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.90
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$53.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$56.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
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
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.37

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$26.92

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.