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Autism Risk Blood Metabolite Panel

Texas 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 9 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$525$447 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$575 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,467Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $316 to $759
$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $525

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
$446.68
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$758.58
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 42nd of 51

$575

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.