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CD4 T-Cell Count

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$16.22$16.22 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$40.74 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $18 to $145Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $13 to $65
$10$20$50$100$200facility $87professional $16

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
$63.10
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$64.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$53.70

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 36th 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.