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Paired Tumor Whole Genome Sequencing

New York rates for HCPCS 0297U

Searches a cancer's complete genome for the changes driving it, in any type of tumor. Fresh or preserved tumor tissue, blood or a bone-marrow sample is sequenced across the whole genome and compared against the patient's own normal tissue, so that only cancer-specific changes are reported. It uses genome sequencing on its own and accepts the widest choice of sample types in this family of paired tests.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Paired Tumor Whole Genome Sequencing cost?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,778$692 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,818 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $209 to $4,898
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,778

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,235.94
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$15,135.61
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19

Where New York sits

The same service costs 37.2 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.

New York· 43rd of 51

$1,905

TX $14,454OH $389

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.