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Autism Risk Blood Metabolite Panel

Montana rates for HCPCS 0322U

Assesses the likelihood of autism spectrum disorder by measuring 14 chemical substances in a blood plasma sample, including acylcarnitines, which reflect how the body burns fat for energy, and metabolites produced by gut bacteria. The pattern is reported as a classification. It measures body chemistry rather than genes or gene activity.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Autism Risk Blood Metabolite Panel cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $933 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$1,023$759 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$933 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,291Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,479
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $933professional $1,023

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$758.58

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in North Dakota than in Nebraska. 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.

Montana· 2nd of 51

$977

ND $1,148NE $490

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.