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Blood Tumor DNA Panel With MSI And TMB

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0326U

Guides treatment choice in solid tumors from a blood sample rather than tumor tissue. Fragments of tumor DNA circulating in the blood are sequenced across at least eighty-three genes, and microsatellite instability and tumor mutational burden are reported as well — two measures counted beyond that gene total.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Tumor DNA Panel With MSI And TMB cost?

$5,888

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $9,772 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$2,512$1,950 to $5,248
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,772$6,761 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $5,495 to $16,596Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $661 to $6,457
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,772professional $2,512

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
$5,248.07
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$25,703.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
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
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in Texas than in Alabama. 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

$5,888

TX $25,119AL $2,089

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.