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Blood Gene Activity Score For Dementia Risk

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0289U

Gauges a person's risk of Alzheimer disease and the memory loss that comes with it. The activity of 24 genes is measured in a whole blood sample and combined into a single risk score. It belongs to a family of blood gene-activity scores that differ by the condition assessed and the number of genes read.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Gene Activity Score For Dementia Risk cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $955 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$363 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$759 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,631Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $316 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in Texas than in Ohio. 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· 30th of 51

$603

TX $3,802OH $316

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.