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Tumor Signaling Pathway Activity Score

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0262U

Measures how active seven cell-signaling pathways are inside a solid tumor — estrogen receptor, androgen receptor, PI3K, MAPK, Hedgehog, TGF-beta and Notch — and reports each as an index value. Gene activity is read from a preserved (paraffin-embedded) piece of the tumor.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tumor Signaling Pathway Activity Score cost?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 6 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$2,570 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$2,570 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $5,129
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $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
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,388.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$23,988.33

Where North 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$2,570

AK $7,244WY $1,905

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.