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Cystic Fibrosis Gene, Variable Region

New Jersey 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 October 2026.

How much does Cystic Fibrosis Gene, Variable Region cost?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$58.88 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$398 to $16,982

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $170 to $21,878Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $59 to $145
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $107

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
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$26,915.35
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Texas than in Connecticut. 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.

New Jersey· 43rd of 51

$117

TX $468CT $85.11

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.