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Ovarian Cancer Risk Blood Protein Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0003U

Estimates the likelihood that ovarian cancer is present. It measures five proteins in blood serum — apolipoprotein A-1, CA 125, follicle stimulating hormone, HE4 and transferrin — and combines them into a probability. No genetic material is tested.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ovarian Cancer Risk Blood Protein Test cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$380 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$1,122 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,951Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $479

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,288.25
1 more rate 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
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$724.44

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Texas than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$1,000

TX $4,786KY $575

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.