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Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81443

This is a laboratory analysis of a blood or saliva sample that checks a person's DNA for changes linked to a group of serious inherited conditions, such as cystic fibrosis or certain inherited blood disorders. It looks across many genes at once rather than testing for a single condition, and is typically ordered before or during pregnancy to help a couple understand their chance of having a child affected by one of these conditions. Results are usually reviewed with a genetic counselor or physician.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Carrier Screening For Severe Inherited Conditions cost?

$3,090

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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$2,818$1,479 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,818 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $8,710Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,413
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $2,818

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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$18,620.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.4 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· 5th of 51

$3,090

AK $5,495DE $1,622

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.