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Broad Infection Test From Blood DNA

California 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?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 9 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$1,585$100 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,020 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $16 to $3,020
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,585

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
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$33.11
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,495.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where California 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.

California· 29th of 51

$1,820

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.