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Whole Transcriptome Sequencing In Cancer

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0019U

Reads all of the gene activity in a tumor to help identify treatment options. Rather than measuring a fixed list of genes, it sequences the tumor's entire RNA output from preserved tissue, so findings are not ruled out in advance by the choice of panel.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Whole Transcriptome Sequencing In Cancer cost?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 5 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$3,981$2,188 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$4,266 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $13,490Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $977 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $3,981

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
$3,890.45
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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· 8th of 51

$4,467

AK $8,318DE $1,950

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.