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Lung Nodule Protein Risk Assessment

Louisiana 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?

$4,677

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 4 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$1,549$851 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$4,169 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $52 to $11,749
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,549

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
$3,715.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$26,915.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 9th of 51

$4,677

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.