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Liver Cancer Screening Blood Test

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 0333U

Screens people at raised risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common primary liver cancer, so that a tumor can be caught early. It combines methylation patterns on cell-free DNA circulating in the blood with three established liver tumor markers, AFP, AFP-L3 and DCP, and reports a classification.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Liver Cancer Screening Blood Test cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$501$490 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$501 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,122Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $479 to $513
$500$1K$2Kfacility $501professional $501

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$630.96

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 43rd of 51

$501

AK $1,479WY $398

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.