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Single-Gene Genetic Test

Maryland 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $204 to $269.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $129 to $339
$100$200$500professional $251

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$257.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 31st of 51

$251

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.