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Cell-Free Dna Quantity In Blood

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 0285U

Measures how much cell-free DNA, meaning loose fragments of DNA floating in the blood plasma rather than sitting inside cells, is present in a sample. In people with cancer the amount can be tracked over time as one signal of how the disease is behaving. It measures only the quantity of that DNA, not what its sequence says.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cell-Free Dna Quantity In Blood cost?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 4 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$363$331 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$363 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $363 to $661Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $263 to $380
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $550professional $363

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
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$489.78

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 33rd of 51

$363

AK $1,000WY $263

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.