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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

New York 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 9 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$39.81$30.90 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$48.98 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $38 to $129Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $25 to $74
$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $40

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
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$87.10
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$181.97
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$83.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$50,118.72
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$64.57
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$112.20

Where New York 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.

New York· 13th of 51

$53.70

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.