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Single-Gene Genetic Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$148 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$339 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,660Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $83 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $447professional $234

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
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 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.