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Genetic Marker Analysis, Blood Or Tissue (Alternate)

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 81269

This service is a laboratory test that analyzes a specific gene or genetic marker from a blood or tissue sample. Results help a doctor diagnose an inherited condition, confirm a diagnosis, or guide treatment decisions. The sample is processed in a specialized genetics laboratory.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Marker Analysis, Blood Or Tissue (Alternate) cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 4 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$174$135 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$229 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $229 to $309Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $120 to $257
$100$200facility $257professional $174

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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Arkansas· 37th of 51

$178

AK $457DE $135

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.