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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Pennsylvania 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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$38.02$28.18 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$57.54 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $40 to $166Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $26 to $47
$20$50$100$200facility $91professional $38

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
$39.81
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$67.61
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$138.04
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$114.82
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$66.07

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$39.81

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.