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Founder Changes In Breast Cancer Genes

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81212

Checks the two genes most strongly linked to inherited breast and ovarian cancer, but only at the particular spots where a handful of well-known changes occur. These changes are found much more often in families of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, so testing those spots alone can answer the question quickly for someone with that background.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Founder Changes In Breast Cancer Genes cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $724 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$282$186 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$490 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,349Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $74 to $537
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $724professional $282

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
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Texas than in North Carolina. 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· 11th of 51

$468

TX $1,380NC $195

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.