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Macular Degeneration Variant Test For Zinc Advice

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$46.77$36.31 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$44.67 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $35 to $200Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $32 to $89
$20$50$100$200facility $71professional $47

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
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$91.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$97.72
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$107.15
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$53.70

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 12th 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.