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Single-Gene Genetic Test

Kentucky 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$110$70.79 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$275 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $66 to $661Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,622
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $302professional $110

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$173.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$371.54
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
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$135

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.