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GBA Gene Test For Gaucher Disease

Arizona 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$35.48$31.62 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$54.95 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $36 to $214Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $28 to $200
$20$50$100$200facility $117professional $35

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
$56.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$46.77

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 44th of 51

$38.02

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.