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GBA Gene Test For Gaucher Disease

Utah 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$44.67$39.81 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$54.95 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $49 to $200Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $22 to $200
$20$50$100$200facility $95professional $45

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
$95.50
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$100.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$190.55
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$46.77

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 12th of 51

$54.95

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.