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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Colorado 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 July 2026.

How much does Basic Single Gene Variant Test cost?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $155 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$48.98$38.02 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$85.11 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $49 to $324Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $27 to $69
$50$100$200$500facility $155professional $49

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$93.33
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$354.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$69.18

AK $145DC $47.86

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.