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Single-Gene Genetic Test

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $339 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$339$269 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$316 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,259Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $145 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $339professional $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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$794.33
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 12th 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.