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Blood Gene Activity Score For Dementia Risk

Georgia 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$170 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$575 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,660Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $603

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,621.81
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 25th of 51

$646

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.