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Blood Gene Activity Score For Suicide Risk

North Carolina 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?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 6 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$603 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$603 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,995Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,202
$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $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
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$603

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.