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Psoriasis Skin Patch Test For Drug Response

Texas rates for HCPCS 0258U

Helps choose a biologic medicine for psoriasis by predicting how likely a person is to respond to it. Skin cells are collected with an adhesive patch rather than a needle biopsy, and the genetic activity (RNA) in those cells is read.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Psoriasis Skin Patch Test For Drug Response cost?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 9 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$2,570$1,995 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$3,020 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $16,218Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $13,490
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $2,570

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
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,370.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$17,378.01
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,754.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,570.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,772.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,715.35
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Texas· 20th of 51

$3,715

AK $8,318DE $1,950

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.