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Repeat Expansion Test For Inherited Ataxia

Michigan 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$132$110 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$129 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $102 to $257Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $74 to $174
$10$20$50$100$200facility $129professional $132

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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$380.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$102.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$40.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 27th of 51

$132

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.