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Lung Cancer Blood Protein Risk Test

South 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?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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$2,512$1,479 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$2,512 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $11,749Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,467
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $2,512

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 51

$3,467

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.