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DNA Test Of A Single Gene

Idaho rates for HCPCS 81284

A laboratory test that reads the DNA of one gene from a patient sample and reports the changes found in it. It is ordered when attention is already on a particular gene, and the result is read alongside the clinical picture.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does DNA Test Of A Single Gene cost?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$117 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$151 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $138 to $490Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $58 to $269
$100$200$500facility $257professional $141

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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$218.78
1 more rate 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 5.2 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.

Idaho· 19th of 51

$145

TX $331AL $63.10

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.