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GBA Gene Test For Gaucher Disease

Alaska rates for HCPCS 81251

A laboratory test on a blood sample that checks the GBA gene for a set of well-recognized changes. When both copies of this gene are altered, a fatty substance builds up in the spleen, liver, and bone marrow, causing Gaucher disease.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does GBA Gene Test For Gaucher Disease cost?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 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 $166 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 6 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$107$70.79 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$46.77 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $47 to $372Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $47 to $158
$50$100$200$500facility $166professional $107

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$158.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$151.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$141.25

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$107

AK $107DC $35.48

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.