go back

Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

South Carolina 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $115 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 5 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$36.31 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$36.31 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $36 to $224Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $28 to $41
$20$50$100$200facility $115professional $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
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$85.11
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
$46.77

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$38.02

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.