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FGFR3 Alteration Test In Bladder Tumors

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 0154U

Checks bladder (urothelial) cancer tissue for six alterations in the FGFR3 gene, covering both point mutations in the gene and FGFR3-TACC3 fusion transcripts. FGFR3 changes matter to how the tumor behaves and to treatment planning.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does FGFR3 Alteration Test In Bladder Tumors cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$123 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$692 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,623Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $123 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$562.34
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 19.5 times more in Texas than in New Mexico. 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$479

TX $2,399NM $123

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.