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Repeat Expansion Test For Inherited Ataxia

Indiana rates for HCPCS 81182

Counts how many times a short piece of DNA repeats inside one gene. Everyone carries a run of these repeats, but when the run grows beyond a certain length the gene stops working properly and causes a slowly worsening loss of balance and coordination that runs in families.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repeat Expansion Test For Inherited Ataxia cost?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$81.28$54.95 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$123 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $107 to $417Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $55 to $204
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $138professional $81

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
$112.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$204.17
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$165.96
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
$56.23
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$40.74

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska 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.

Indiana· 41st of 51

$110

AK $309AL $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.