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Skin Lesion Melanoma Gene Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0090U

Helps decide whether a removed skin lesion is benign, is melanoma, or falls in between. It measures the activity of 23 genes in the preserved lesion tissue and reports a three-way classification that supports the pathologist's diagnosis.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skin Lesion Melanoma Gene Test cost?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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$1,862$1,096 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$2,138 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $1,862

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
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Alaska 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· 8th of 51

$2,138

AK $5,888AL $1,175

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.