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Tumor Profile Of 505 Genes With Instability Measures

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0250U

Profiles a solid tumor by sequencing 505 genes to find the changes driving it. It also reports two whole-tumor measures — microsatellite instability and tumor mutation burden — which describe how unstable and how heavily mutated the tumor's DNA is.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tumor Profile Of 505 Genes With Instability Measures cost?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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$2,291$2,291 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$2,291 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $13,804Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $2,512
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $2,291

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
$2,290.87
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.8 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$2,344

AK $6,607WY $1,738

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.