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Automated Analysis Of A Chromosome-Based Urine Cancer Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 88121

This laboratory service analyzes cells from a urine sample using fluorescent genetic probes that highlight chromosomal changes associated with bladder cancer, with computer-assisted technology helping to score the results. It's used to help detect bladder cancer or monitor for its return after treatment. A pathologist reviews and reports the findings.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Automated Analysis Of A Chromosome-Based Urine Cancer Test cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $676.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $275 to $3,090
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $490

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. 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· 16th of 51

$490

MN $891DE $257

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.