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Lung Nodule Protein Risk Assessment

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0080U

Helps judge whether a lung nodule found on a scan is likely to be cancerous. It measures two blood proteins — galectin-3-binding protein and M130 protein — in plasma and combines them with five patient risk factors to report a probability rather than a plain measurement.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lung Nodule Protein Risk Assessment cost?

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,943 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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 6 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$7,943$3,548 to $7,943
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,692 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $15,136Professionalmedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $14,125
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $7,943

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
$8,709.64
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$41,686.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$42,657.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$14,125.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,309.57
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Colorado 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.

Alaska· 40th of 51

$3,548

CO $7,762AL $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.