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Lung Cancer Blood Protein Risk Test

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0092U

Estimates the likelihood that lung cancer is present by measuring three proteins in blood plasma with a magnetic nanosensor, and reports the result as a risk score.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lung Cancer Blood Protein Risk Test cost?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 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$1,738$1,230 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$1,995 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $1,738

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in South Dakota than in Kentucky. 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.

North Carolina· 46th of 51

$1,778

SD $4,786KY $355

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.