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Broad Infection Test From Blood DNA

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0152U

Searches for an infection when the cause is unknown, by sequencing microbial DNA circulating in a blood plasma sample. Because it is not tied to a fixed list of organisms, it can turn up germs that a targeted panel would not look for.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Broad Infection Test From Blood DNA cost?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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$1,413$1,288 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$46.77 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $41 to $2,570Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,455
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,738professional $1,413

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
$2,137.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Oklahoma. 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$1,413

AK $4,786OK $891

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.