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Genetic Test For Medication Response

California rates for HCPCS 0029U

A genetic test that looks at inherited differences affecting how a person's body handles or responds to medicines. The findings help the prescriber pick a drug and a dose more likely to work well and less likely to cause side effects.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Test For Medication Response cost?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 8 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$851$479 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$912 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,715Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,820
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $851

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where California sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in West 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.

California· 8th of 51

$891

AK $1,660WV $372

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.