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Gene Analysis, Single Gene

Colorado rates for HCPCS 81187

A test carried out in a molecular laboratory that looks at one gene in a patient's sample and reports any changes found in its DNA. It answers a narrow question, and is ordered when attention is already on a particular gene.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Gene Analysis, Single Gene cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$81.28$57.54 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$257 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $105 to $631Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $58 to $282
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $81

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
$138.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$199.53
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$102.33
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
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.84

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Texas 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.

Colorado· 5th of 51

$182

TX $347AL $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.