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CD4 T-Cell Count

Virginia 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.62$14.13 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$26.92 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $25 to $123Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $37
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $40professional $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
$25.12
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$54.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$28.18
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
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.01

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$21.38

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.