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DNA Comparison Between Samples

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 81266

Compares repeating stretches of DNA between samples to work out how closely they match. The pattern is unique to a person, so the comparison can show whether two samples came from the same individual, whether cells from one person are present in another's sample, or how closely two people are related.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does DNA Comparison Between Samples cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $302 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$263 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$288 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,202Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $182 to $617
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $302professional $302

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$707.95
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Texas than in Alabama. 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.

Minnesota· 23rd of 51

$302

TX $955AL $174

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.