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Genetic Test For Medication Response

Colorado 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 5 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$309$309 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,349 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,715Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $309 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $309

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
$954.99
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$1,479

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.