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Blood Gene Activity Score For Dementia Risk

South 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 South 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 $1,549 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$537 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$759 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,677Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $380 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
9 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
$295.12
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 12th 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.