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Single-Gene Genetic Test

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, 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 $468 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$339$141 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$302 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,023Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,698
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $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
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,318.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$645.65
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
3 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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 13th 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.