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Broad Infection Test From Blood DNA

Montana 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?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$2,455$2,138 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$2,630 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $6,457Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,169
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $2,455

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,456.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,456.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,677.35
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 3rd of 51

$2,630

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.