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CD4 T-Cell Count

Kansas 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.92$16.22 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$32.36 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $28 to $51Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $14 to $41
$20$50$100facility $34professional $27

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
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$54.95
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
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.62

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 11th of 51

$33.11

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.