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Lung Nodule Protein Risk Assessment

Nebraska 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 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 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$2,692$2,089 to $5,495
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,089 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $9,333Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $6,761
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $2,692

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
$2,511.89
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$16,595.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
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
$1,995.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 47th of 51

$3,162

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.