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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Arkansas 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?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$64.57$64.57 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$72.44 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $65 to $100Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $38 to $95
$50$100facility $72professional $65

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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
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
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 11th of 51

$72.44

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.