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Genetic Test For Thiopurine Drug Handling

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81335

A blood or saliva test that looks for common inherited changes in a gene controlling how the body breaks down a group of medicines used for leukemia, inflammatory bowel disease, and some autoimmune conditions. People carrying these changes clear the drug slowly and can develop dangerously low blood counts on a standard dose. The result is used to set a safe starting dose or to choose a different medicine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Test For Thiopurine Drug Handling cost?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $240 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$209$174 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$200 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $174 to $631Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $91 to $589
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $209

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
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$245.47

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· 8th of 51

$219

AK $389DE $117

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.