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DNA Test Of A Single Gene

Minnesota 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $138 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$138$117 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$129 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $129 to $525Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $81 to $275
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $138professional $138

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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$323.59
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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 25th of 51

$138

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.