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Single-Gene Genetic Test

New York 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$257$112 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$87.10 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $87 to $871Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $87 to $676
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $331professional $257

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
$70.79
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$676.08
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$512.86
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$354.81
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
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
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$57.54

Where New York 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.

New York· 27th of 51

$257

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.