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BCR-ABL1 Major Breakpoint Measurement

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0040U

Used in chronic myeloid leukemia to measure how much of the abnormal BCR-ABL1 gene fusion is present, which shows how the disease is responding. It reports a quantity for the major breakpoint form of the fusion only; a companion test covers both breakpoint forms.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does BCR-ABL1 Major Breakpoint Measurement cost?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$447$245 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$490 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,479Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $178 to $676
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $447

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
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$630.96

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Alaska 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· 8th of 51

$550

AK $912KY $81.28

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.