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Androgen Receptor Known Family Variant Test

Iowa rates for HCPCS 81174

A blood test that checks for one specific change in the androgen receptor gene that has already been identified in the family. This gene makes the docking point cells use to respond to male-type hormones, and changes in it affect how tissues develop and react to those hormones.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Androgen Receptor Known Family Variant Test cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$186$112 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$186 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $186 to $513Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $112 to $724
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $186

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
$144.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$380.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
2 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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Texas than in Oklahoma. 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.

Iowa· 18th of 51

$195

TX $501OK $112

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.