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Gene Analysis, Single Gene

Massachusetts 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$138$81.28 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$138 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $102 to $417Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $81 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $170professional $138

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
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$416.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$537.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$309.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$263.03
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
3 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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$141

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.