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BRCA1 Gene Analysis

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81166

A laboratory test that examines the BRCA1 gene, in which inherited changes raise the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. It is generally run on a blood or saliva sample and is ordered when a personal or family history points to a cancer risk running in the family.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does BRCA1 Gene Analysis cost?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$355$302 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$355 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,096Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $355

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
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$426.58

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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· 6th of 51

$380

AK $676DE $204

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.