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Single-Gene Genetic Test

Colorado rates for HCPCS 81296

A DNA test that focuses on one gene rather than scanning many at once. It is run in a specialist laboratory on a sample taken from the patient, and the finding contributes to a diagnosis or to a treatment decision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Single-Gene Genetic Test cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$141 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$631 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,549Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $141 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $204

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
$338.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$489.78
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Texas than in Kentucky. 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.

Colorado· 5th of 51

$447

TX $891KY $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.