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Blood Gene Activity Score For Dementia Risk

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0289U

Gauges a person's risk of Alzheimer disease and the memory loss that comes with it. The activity of 24 genes is measured in a whole blood sample and combined into a single risk score. It belongs to a family of blood gene-activity scores that differ by the condition assessed and the number of genes read.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Gene Activity Score For Dementia Risk cost?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 4 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$589$457 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$74.13 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $65 to $871Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $457 to $871
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $617professional $589

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
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$758.58

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Wyoming. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $589 · 38th of 51
AK $1,698WY $457

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.