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Blood Gene Activity Score For Dementia Risk

Missouri 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$646$316 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$977 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,631Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,995
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $646

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
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 21st of 51

$741

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.