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Repeat Expansion Test For Inherited Ataxia

Texas 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$316$81.28 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$117 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $93 to $676Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $58 to $1,023
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $257professional $316

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
$91.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$213.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$147.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 2nd of 51

$257

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.