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Blood Probe Test For Lung Cancer Risk

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0317U

Assesses whether a person's risk of lung cancer is raised or lowered. Fluorescent probes are applied to cells from a whole blood sample to examine four chromosome regions — 3q29, 3p22.1, 10q22.3 and 10cen — and the finding is reported as a single risk call in one of two directions, increased or decreased.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Probe Test For Lung Cancer Risk cost?

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$2,239$1,230 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$2,399 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $7,413Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $115 to $3,020
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $2,239

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
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,818.38

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

$2,455

AK $4,571WY $1,230

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.