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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

North Carolina 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$38.02$38.02 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$38.02 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $38 to $155Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $31 to $76
$20$50$100$200facility $55professional $38

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
$38.02
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$39.81

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.