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Saliva RNA Test For Mouth And Throat Cancer

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 0296U

Checks a saliva sample for signs of cancer of the mouth or the oropharynx, the part of the throat just behind the mouth. RNA in the saliva is sequenced and at least twenty markers are read, drawn both from human genes and from the genetic activity of microbes living in the mouth. The result is a detection finding rather than a numeric score.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Saliva RNA Test For Mouth And Throat Cancer cost?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$1,349$1,047 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,585 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,738
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $1,349

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 4.2 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.

Mississippi· 43rd of 51

$1,349

AK $4,365WY $1,047

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.