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Baseline Tumor Panel Setup For Residual Cancer Testing

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0306U

Prepares the personalized set of tumor markers used later to watch for cancer left behind after treatment. Cell-free DNA is sequenced across selected genetic targets to build that baseline panel. This step creates the panel; the later measurement of remaining disease is a separate service with its own charge.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Baseline Tumor Panel Setup For Residual Cancer Testing cost?

$4,677

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 5 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$4,074$2,344 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$4,571 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $14,125Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,012
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $4,074

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
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.7 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.

Louisiana· 7th of 51

$4,677

AK $8,710WY $2,344

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.