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Blood Gene Activity Score For Suicide Risk

California rates for HCPCS 0293U

Gauges how likely a person is to be experiencing suicidal thoughts. The activity of 54 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 July 2026.

How much does Blood Gene Activity Score For Suicide Risk cost?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 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 $1,778 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$457 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,122 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,169Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,570.40
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where California sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Wyoming. 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.

California· 28th of 51

$646

AK $1,698WY $457

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.