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Single-Gene Genetic Test

Missouri 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$204$77.62 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$339 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,622Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $62 to $851
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $204

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
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68
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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 21st of 51

$282

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.