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Pancreatic/GI Cancer Tumor Marker Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 86301

This blood test measures the level of a specific protein marker that can be elevated in some people with pancreatic or other gastrointestinal cancers. It is typically used to help monitor a known cancer's response to treatment or watch for signs of recurrence, rather than to diagnose cancer on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pancreatic/GI Cancer Tumor Marker Blood Test cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 6 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$22.91$18.20 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$25.12 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $22 to $107Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $28
$10$20$50$100$200facility $29professional $23

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
$21.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$40.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.84

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in West Virginia than in Virginia. 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· 27th of 51

$25.12

WV $83.18VA $20.89

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.