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Blood Gene Activity Score For Dementia Risk

Maryland 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $501 to $603.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $339 to $708
$500$1Kprofessional $562

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
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
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 32nd of 51

$562

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.