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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

California 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 9 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$39.81$33.11 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$75.86 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $47 to $309Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $26 to $91
$20$50$100$200$500facility $123professional $40

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
$52.48
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$165.96
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$123.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$97.72

Where California 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.

California· 16th of 51

$48.98

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.