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Single-Gene Genetic Test

South 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $692 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$186$129 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$355 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,089Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $91 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $186

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15
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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$251.19

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$204

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.