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CD4 T-Cell Count

North Dakota 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 July 2026.

How much does CD4 T-Cell Count cost?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $110 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$23.99 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$25.12 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $19 to $129Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $19 to $112
$20$50$100facility $110professional $41

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Pennsylvania than in Vermont. 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.

North Dakota· 3rd of 51

$45.71

PA $63.10VT $19.05

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.