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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Louisiana 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?

$58.88

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $50.12 to $93.33.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $48 to $170Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $23 to $93
$20$50$100$200facility $65professional $56

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
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$66.07

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$58.88

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.