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Single-Gene Genetic Test

North Carolina 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$141$117 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$269 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,549Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $110 to $427
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
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
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$467.74

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 50th of 51

$141

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.