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Gene Test For Skin Squamous Carcinoma Outlook

Iowa rates for HCPCS 0315U

Predicts how likely a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, a common skin cancer, is to spread, so that treatment and follow-up can be matched to the risk. Preserved, formalin-fixed tumor tissue is tested by RT-PCR across forty genes: thirty-four that carry the prognostic signal and six reference genes used as controls. The result is reported as a risk class.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gene Test For Skin Squamous Carcinoma Outlook cost?

$8,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,413 from a physician practice, and about $12,882 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 8 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$7,413$5,754 to $8,511
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,882$8,511 to $22,387

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $6,607 to $24,547Professionalmedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $5,129 to $18,197
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,882professional $7,413

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
$6,606.93
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$24,547.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$20,417.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$15,488.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$23,442.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$42,657.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$21,379.62
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska 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.

Iowa· 20th of 51

$8,318

AK $19,055AL $5,495

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.