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Blood Screening Score For Colorectal Cancer

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0163U

Screens for colorectal cancer and for advanced pre-cancerous growths in the bowel using a blood sample. Three proteins — Cripto-1, carcinoembryonic antigen and an extracellular matrix protein — are measured in plasma or serum and combined with the person's age, sex and screening history into a single likelihood figure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Screening Score For Colorectal Cancer cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$871$589 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$234 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,778Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $871

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
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,258.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in North Dakota than in Florida. 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.

Alaska· 6th of 51

$447

ND $589FL $251

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.