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Blood Probe Test For Lung Cancer Risk

South Carolina 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?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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$1,585$1,585 to $1,622
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$1,585 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $1,585

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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$1,622

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.