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Spinal Fluid Sequencing For Any Infection

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0323U

Tries to identify the cause of an infection of the brain or spinal cord when standard tests have come back empty. All of the genetic material in a sample of cerebrospinal fluid, the liquid around the brain and spinal cord, is sequenced and matched against a reference database, so bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites can be found without having to guess which one to look for.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Spinal Fluid Sequencing For Any Infection cost?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,072$851 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$2,884 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $93 to $2,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,884.03
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 229.1 times more in Texas than in Ohio. 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

$2,512

TX $10,471OH $45.71

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.