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Spinal Fluid Sequencing For Any Infection

Missouri 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 July 2026.

How much does Spinal Fluid Sequencing For Any Infection cost?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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$1,820$21.38 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$2,570 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $4,074Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $21 to $3,548
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $1,820

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
$1,819.70
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 51

$2,042

AK $4,786WY $1,288

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.