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Genetic Test For An Inherited Blood-Clotting Risk

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81240

A blood sample is tested for a specific, common genetic change in a clotting-related gene that is linked to an increased risk of developing blood clots. This test is often ordered as part of a workup for someone who has had an unexplained blood clot or has a family history of clotting problems.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Test For An Inherited Blood-Clotting Risk cost?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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$77.62$67.61 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$79.43 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $66 to $240Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $40 to $219
$50$100$200$500facility $91professional $78

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
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$74.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$93.33

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in West Virginia than in Rhode Island. 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· 16th of 51

$83.18

WV $224RI $50.12

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.