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CD4 T-Cell Count

South Carolina 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$45.71$26.92 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$102 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $43 to $339Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $19 to $85
$20$50$100$200$500facility $151professional $46

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
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$37.15
3 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
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 1st of 51

$67.61

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.