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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Colorado 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 7 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$35.48$28.18 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$70.79 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $47 to $240Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $50
$20$50$100$200facility $126professional $35

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
$35.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$69.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$34.67

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 4th of 51

$60.26

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.