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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Nevada 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$36.31$30.90 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$39.81 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $36 to $251Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $26 to $58
$20$50$100$200facility $78professional $36

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
$36.31
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 30th of 51

$45.71

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.