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Tumor Gene Silencing Test, Brain Cancer

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 81287

A laboratory test on a sample of brain tumor tissue that checks whether a particular repair gene has been chemically switched off inside the tumor cells. When that gene is silenced, the tumor is less able to undo the damage caused by certain chemotherapy drugs. The result helps the cancer team judge how well that chemotherapy is likely to work.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tumor Gene Silencing Test, Brain Cancer cost?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $155 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$135$53.70 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$155 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $148 to $224Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $35 to $224
$50$100$200facility $155professional $135

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
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$162.18

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 4.5 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.

Mississippi· 11th of 51

$145

AK $282AL $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.