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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Nebraska 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $112 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$30.90$28.18 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$33.11 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $28 to $295Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $28 to $91
$20$50$100$200$500facility $112professional $31

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
$33.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$134.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$128.82

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 51st of 51

$30.90

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.