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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Arizona rates for HCPCS 0205U

Helps decide whether someone with age-related macular degeneration should take zinc as part of a supplement regimen. Three specific variants across two genes, CFH and ARMS2, are read from a cheek swab, and the result is given as a single yes-or-no answer about zinc.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice cost?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$31.62$25.70 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$44.67 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $32 to $186Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $20 to $47
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $32

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
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Arizona· 43rd of 51

$36.31

AK $105NE $30.90

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.