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GBA Gene Test For Gaucher Disease

Louisiana 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$56.23$50.12 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$56.23 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $47 to $174Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $28 to $174
$20$50$100$200facility $65professional $56

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
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$66.07

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$58.88

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.