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SEPT9 Methylation Blood Test for Colon Cancer

Idaho rates for HCPCS 81327

A blood test that looks for a chemical change called methylation affecting the SEPT9 gene. This change is frequently present when colorectal cancer is developing, so finding it in blood flags the need for a closer look at the bowel. It is offered as a colorectal cancer screening option for people who will not undergo other forms of screening.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does SEPT9 Methylation Blood Test for Colon Cancer cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$162 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$191 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $191 to $692Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $81 to $372
$50$100$200$500facility $295professional $195

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Texas than in Ohio. 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.

Idaho· 12th of 51

$200

TX $468OH $87.10

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.