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Repeat Expansion Test, Inherited Ataxia

Virginia rates for HCPCS 81179

A laboratory test on a blood sample that measures a short stretch of DNA that is normally repeated a set number of times within a single gene. An abnormally high number of repeats causes an inherited disorder of balance, coordination and speech that develops gradually over years. The test is used to confirm a diagnosis in someone with symptoms, or to test a relative of an affected person.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repeat Expansion Test, Inherited Ataxia cost?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$102$75.86 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$138 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $138 to $676Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $58 to $195
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $170professional $102

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
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$190.55
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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Texas than in Alabama. 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.

Virginia· 36th of 51

$117

TX $347AL $63.10

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.