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Genetic Test Of One Gene

Minnesota 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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 6 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$851$794 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$851 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,166Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $851

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
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,165.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 22nd of 51

$851

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.