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Whole Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81460

Reads the full set of DNA carried inside mitochondria, the tiny structures that generate energy inside cells. The laboratory reports changes found and also how large a share of the mitochondria in the sample carry each change, because that proportion strongly affects how a mitochondrial condition shows up.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Whole Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing cost?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$813$646 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,549 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,981Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $813

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
$1,348.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.9 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.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$1,349

AK $2,884AL $589

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.