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Gene Test For Skin Squamous Carcinoma Outlook

Louisiana 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?

$10,233

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,233 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,913 from a physician practice, and about $11,749 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$8,913$5,129 to $10,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,749$10,000 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $8,710 to $30,903Professionalmedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,965
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $11,749professional $8,913

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
$8,912.51
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$30,902.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,022.64

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$10,233

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.