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Saliva RNA Test For Mouth And Throat Cancer

Montana 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 October 2026.

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

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,738$741 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$2,818 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $3,802Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $79 to $3,548
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $1,738

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,801.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 154.9 times more in Texas than in Alabama. 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.

Montana· 4th of 51

$2,818

TX $9,772AL $63.10

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.