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Prion Protein Detection In Spinal Fluid

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0035U

Helps investigate suspected prion disease, a rare condition in which a brain protein misfolds and damages nerve tissue. It uses an amplification technique to detect misfolded prion protein in cerebrospinal fluid and reports whether it is present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prion Protein Detection In Spinal Fluid cost?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$646$525 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$589 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,995Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $309 to $813
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $724professional $646

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
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$575.44

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wyoming 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.

Louisiana· 6th of 51

$661

WY $832NE $355

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.