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Repeat Expansion Test For Inherited Ataxia

Missouri 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 Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$126$81.28 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$141 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $132 to $646Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $69 to $355
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $126

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
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
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
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 28th 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.