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CSTB Gene Test

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 81189

Looks for changes in the CSTB gene in a blood or saliva sample. Changes in this gene cause a rare inherited disorder that begins in childhood or the teenage years and brings muscle jerks, seizures, and worsening balance. Testing is used to confirm a suspected diagnosis or to check relatives.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does CSTB Gene Test cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $275 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$204$115 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$204 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $204 to $692Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $115 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $275professional $204

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
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 3.3 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.

Oklahoma· 36th of 51

$234

AK $617DE $186

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.