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Spinal Fluid Sequencing For Any Infection

New Jersey 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $8,710 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,380$1,122 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,710$4,677 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $23,988Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,710professional $1,380

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 37th of 51

$1,479

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.