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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Michigan 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 Michigan, 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 $44.67 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$38.90$33.11 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$44.67 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $45 to $81Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $26 to $56
$20$50facility $45professional $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
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$117.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 31st 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.