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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Montana 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 October 2026.

How much does Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice cost?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$67.61$42.66 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$67.61 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $51 to $93Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $20 to $81
$20$50$100facility $71professional $68

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$93.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$46.77

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Texas than in Delaware. 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.

Montana· 4th of 51

$67.61

TX $234DE $28.18

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.