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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Illinois 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$38.90$36.31 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$47.86 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $39 to $102Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $26 to $93
$20$50$100$200facility $71professional $39

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
$38.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$44.67

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.