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Mitochondrial DNA Large Deletion Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81465

A laboratory test that examines the DNA inside mitochondria, the structures that generate energy inside cells, looking for large missing sections. It also reports what proportion of a person's mitochondria carry the change, since this varies from cell to cell and from tissue to tissue.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Mitochondrial DNA Large Deletion Test cost?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$1,047$708 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$1,047 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $933 to $3,311Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $1,047

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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· 12th of 51

$1,122

SD $1,413DC $708

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.