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Transplant Rejection Immune Cell Risk Score

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0018M

Estimates the risk that a transplanted organ will be rejected by examining the patient's own immune cells. It counts memory T cells carrying the CD154 marker in a blood sample and reports a single combined risk score, rather than measuring genetic material from the transplant.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Transplant Rejection Immune Cell Risk Score cost?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 4 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$708$490 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$676 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,344Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $269 to $955
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $708

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
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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· 4th of 51

$776

ND $977CT $417

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.