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Gene Activity Test For Lung Scarring

Missouri 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?

$5,370

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,248 from a physician practice, and about $9,550 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,248$2,630 to $8,913
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,550$6,607 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $5,248 to $25,704Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $14,454
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $9,550professional $5,248

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
$4,677.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$25,118.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$44,668.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$25,703.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,413.10
2 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
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$5,370

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.