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Targeted Analysis of a Single Gene

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 81246

A laboratory test that examines one specific gene in a sample of blood, bone marrow, or tissue, looking at defined positions within it to see whether a change is present. The finding is reported alongside the other results being used to reach a diagnosis or plan treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Targeted Analysis of a Single Gene cost?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$107$67.61 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$87.10 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $62 to $257Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $50 to $417
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $117professional $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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$257.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$323.59
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$239.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$257.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$158.49
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
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
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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· 8th of 51

$107

AK $186NE $54.95

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.