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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Ohio 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 8 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$54.95$38.02 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$46.77 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $45 to $112Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $28 to $98
$20$50$100$200facility $79professional $55

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
$44.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$41,686.94
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 11th of 51

$54.95

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.