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Liver Cancer Screening Blood Test

Iowa 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 8 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$575$447 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$661 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,905Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,259
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $575

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
$512.86
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 31st of 51

$575

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.