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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Iowa 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 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 8 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$40.74$36.31 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$46.77 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $36 to $135Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $28 to $102
$50$100$200facility $72professional $41

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
$36.31
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$190.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$57.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$120.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 29th of 51

$45.71

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.