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Thyroid Nodule Molecular Risk Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0245U

Estimates the chance that a thyroid nodule is cancerous and reports it as a percentage risk. Ten genes are examined for mutations, alongside gene fusions and other markers in the sampled cells.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Nodule Molecular Risk Test cost?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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$1,349$759 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$1,413 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $1,349

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
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.2 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.

Louisiana· 7th of 51

$1,549

AK $2,818OK $537

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.