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Genetic Test Of One Gene

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81185

A specialist laboratory examines the DNA of a single gene taken from a patient sample and reports any changes found in it. The result contributes to a diagnosis or to a treatment decision rather than answering the question on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Test Of One Gene cost?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$851 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$1,000 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,020Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Louisiana· 6th of 51

$1,072

AK $1,905DE $562

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.