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Cancer-Related Gene Mutation Test

Maryland rates for HCPCS 81311

This service is a genetic laboratory test that looks for specific mutations in a gene that is commonly altered in certain cancers. Results can help guide decisions about cancer treatment, including whether a particular targeted therapy is likely to work. The test is run on a tumor tissue sample.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cancer-Related Gene Mutation Test cost?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $195 to $234.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $132 to $295
$200$500professional $224

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
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
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Maryland· 44th of 51

$224

AK $661AL $174

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.