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Blood Gene Activity Score For Dementia Risk

North Carolina 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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$759$646 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$603 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,467Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,995
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,479professional $759

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
10 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
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 20th of 51

$759

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.