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Psoriasis Skin Patch Test For Drug Response

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 0258U

Helps choose a biologic medicine for psoriasis by predicting how likely a person is to respond to it. Skin cells are collected with an adhesive patch rather than a needle biopsy, and the genetic activity (RNA) in those cells is read.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Psoriasis Skin Patch Test For Drug Response cost?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 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 7 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$3,715$2,754 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$3,715 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $12,023Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $7,413
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $3,715

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
$2,570.40
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$17,378.01
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,623.41
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,309.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,165.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$17,378.01
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$3,715

AK $8,318DE $1,950

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.