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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Tennessee 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 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 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$37.15$35.48 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$37.15 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $35 to $170Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $28 to $54
$10$20$50$100$200facility $47professional $37

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
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 42nd of 51

$37.15

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.