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Cystic Fibrosis Gene, Variable Region

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81224

Examines a particular stretch of the cystic fibrosis gene where a short sequence repeats a variable number of times. How long that stretch is affects how well the gene's instructions are read, so the finding is used to make sense of other results in the same gene rather than standing on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cystic Fibrosis Gene, Variable Region cost?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $229 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$200$174 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$195 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $170 to $603Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $89 to $603
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $229professional $200

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
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$234.42

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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

$209

AK $380VT $58.88

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.