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Blood Screening Score For Colorectal Cancer

Washington, DC 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 4 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$295$295 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$295 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $295 to $661Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $295 to $295
$200$500$1Kfacility $295professional $295

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$489.78

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 45th of 51

$295

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.