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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Oregon 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$45.71$39.81 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$46.77 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $47 to $132Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $40 to $91
$20$50$100$200facility $47professional $46

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
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$56.23

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 23rd of 51

$46.77

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.