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Lung Cancer Blood Tumor DNA Panel

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0179U

Looks for cancer-related gene changes in people with non-small cell lung cancer by reading tumor DNA that circulates in the bloodstream, so tumor tissue is not required. It covers 23 genes and picks up gene fusions and changes in gene copy number as well as mutations.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lung Cancer Blood Tumor DNA Panel cost?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,138 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$2,138$1,175 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$2,291 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $7,079Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $2,138

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
$2,041.74
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Wyoming. 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.

Louisiana· 7th of 51

$2,344

AK $4,365WY $1,175

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.