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Broad Infection Test From Blood DNA

South Carolina 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?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$1,660$1,660 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$1,660 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $1,862
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,248professional $1,660

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$1,698

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.