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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Maine 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 Maine, 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 $75.86 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 6 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$38.02 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$46.77 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $47 to $302Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $28 to $55
$20$50$100$200facility $76professional $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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$117.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 21st 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.