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Prostate Tumor 17-Gene Risk Score

California rates for HCPCS 0047U

Estimates how aggressive a prostate cancer is likely to be, helping decide between treating it and monitoring it. It measures the activity of 17 genes in preserved tumor tissue and reports one combined risk score; a different test scores prostate cancer risk from urine instead.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Prostate Tumor 17-Gene Risk Score cost?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,890 from a physician practice, and about $8,128 from a hospital or other facility.

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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,890$2,512 to $16,218
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,128$5,129 to $16,982

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $31,623Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $575 to $28,840
$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,128professional $3,890

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$22,387.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$41,686.94
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24,547.09
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$16,982.44
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where California sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Texas than in Alabama. 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.

California· 9th of 51

$4,467

TX $16,596AL $1,622

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.