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Genetic Test For Medication Response

Texas 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$447$309 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$603 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,413Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $309 to $5,623
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $447

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
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 27th of 51

$708

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.