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CD4 T-Cell Count

Missouri 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$19.05$14.79 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$32.36 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $24 to $129Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $37
$10$20$50$100$200facility $45professional $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
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$36.31
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
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.17

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 38th of 51

$21.88

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.