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Pancreatic Cancer Blood Protein Panel

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0342U

Helps work out whether a person has pancreatic cancer. Nine proteins in a blood serum sample, including C5, cystatin C, factor B, osteoprotegerin, gelsolin, IGFBP3, CA125 and CA19-9, are measured and the pattern is reported as a classification. The test relies on proteins only and involves no DNA or RNA analysis.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pancreatic Cancer Blood Protein Panel cost?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $1,096.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $955 to $4,571Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $447

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
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$891.25
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
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 31.6 times more in Alaska 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· 47th of 51

$537

AK $1,995AL $63.10

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.