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Single-Gene Genetic Test

Louisiana 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$214$141 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$398 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,202Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $55 to $407
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $603professional $214

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
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 9th of 51

$372

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.