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Kidney Transplant Rejection Gene Activity Test

California rates for HCPCS 0088U

Checks whether a transplanted kidney is being rejected by the body. The test measures how active 1,494 genes are in a biopsy sample taken from the transplanted kidney, and reports the probability that rejection is present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Transplant Rejection Gene Activity Test cost?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 10 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$479$437 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,202 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $692 to $9,120Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $209 to $3,981
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $479

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
$616.60
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,818.38
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$11,220.18
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,786.30
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$38,018.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where California sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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· 44th of 51

$1,445

AK $7,079RI $479

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.