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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Mississippi 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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$50.12$35.48 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$46.77 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $43 to $85Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $28 to $95
$20$50$100facility $62professional $50

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
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$32.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$79.43

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 15th of 51

$50.12

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.