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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 81400

A genetic laboratory test that looks for one specific, well-established genetic change using a relatively simple laboratory technique. It represents the most basic tier of gene-based testing, generally used to check for a single known variant tied to a specific condition or trait rather than scanning a gene broadly. The exact gene and variant tested depends on why the test was ordered.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Basic Single Gene Variant Test cost?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$38.02$28.18 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$63.10 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $63 to $63Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $27 to $74
$50$100$200facility $63professional $38

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.02

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$63.10

AK $145DE $42.66

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.