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Single-Gene Genetic Test

Iowa 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$339$204 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$339 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $257 to $891Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $204 to $891
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $437professional $339

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
$263.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$446.68
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$81.28

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$339

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.