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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Florida 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$33.11$28.18 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$46.77 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $34 to $257Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $26 to $47
$20$50$100$200facility $87professional $33

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
$33.88
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$229.09
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$61.66
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 49th of 51

$33.88

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.