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Gene Analysis, Single Gene

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81187

A test carried out in a molecular laboratory that looks at one gene in a patient's sample and reports any changes found in its DNA. It answers a narrow question, and is ordered when attention is already on a particular gene.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Gene Analysis, Single Gene cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$138$63.10 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$170 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $145 to $457Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $58 to $178
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $257professional $138

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
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$186.21

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.5 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· 17th of 51

$151

TX $347AL $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.