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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Massachusetts 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$46.77$35.48 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$46.77 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $47 to $138Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $28 to $89
$50$100$200facility $68professional $47

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
$33.11
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$107.15

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 27th of 51

$46.77

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.