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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 October 2026.

How much does Basic Single Gene Variant Test cost?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$38.02$26.92 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$120 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $49 to $295Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $27 to $132
$50$100$200$500facility $186professional $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
$64.57
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$93.33
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86
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
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 6th of 51

$85.11

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.