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Blood Gene Activity Score For Dementia Risk

California 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 October 2026.

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

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$200 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$708 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,548Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $170 to $5,754
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,949.84
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,995.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where California sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in Texas than in Ohio. 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.

California· 40th of 51

$490

TX $3,802OH $316

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.