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Repeat Expansion Test For Inherited Ataxia

New York 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$83.18 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$83.18 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $83 to $355Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $62 to $288
$20$50$100$200$500facility $138professional $129

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
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$446.68
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$208.93
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.44

Where New York 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.

New York· 31st of 51

$129

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.