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CD4 T-Cell Count

Georgia 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$13.18 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$26.92 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $21 to $93Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $51
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $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
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$46.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$51.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$56.23
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
$8.91
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.25

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 29th of 51

$23.44

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.