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BCR ABL1 Fusion Transcript Measurement

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 0016U

Tracks how much of the BCR-ABL1 abnormality remains in someone being treated for a blood cancer such as chronic myeloid leukemia, which shows how well treatment is working. The test measures the amount of the fused BCR-ABL1 message in RNA and covers both the major and the minor breakpoint forms. Blood or a bone-marrow sample can be used.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does BCR ABL1 Fusion Transcript Measurement cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 6 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$162$155 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$162 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,202Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $132 to $240
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $427professional $162

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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Minnesota· 21st of 51

$162

AK $372NE $107

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.