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GBA Gene Test For Gaucher Disease

New Jersey 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $182 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$38.90$35.48 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$67.61 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $47 to $9,333Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $32 to $200
$100$1K$10Kfacility $182professional $39

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
$60.26
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$144.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 25th of 51

$46.77

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.