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Gene Activity Test For Lung Scarring

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 81554

A laboratory test performed on small pieces of lung tissue that measures the activity of a large set of genes and turns the pattern into a single categorical answer. The result helps doctors work out whether a particular scarring pattern is present in the lungs, so a diagnosis can often be reached without a larger surgical lung biopsy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Gene Activity Test For Lung Scarring cost?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,370 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,370$3,311 to $13,804
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$5,495 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $14,125Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $26,915
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $5,370

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
$3,890.45
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$21,379.62
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,120.11
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,000.00
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
3 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,317.64

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Texas 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$5,495

TX $14,125AL $2,291

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.