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Cancer-Related Gene Mutation Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81311

This service is a genetic laboratory test that looks for specific mutations in a gene that is commonly altered in certain cancers. Results can help guide decisions about cancer treatment, including whether a particular targeted therapy is likely to work. The test is run on a tumor tissue sample.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cancer-Related Gene Mutation Test cost?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 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$295 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$339 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,047Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $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
$398.11
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$363.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$416.87

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· 7th of 51

$372

AK $661DE $200

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.