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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Georgia 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$57.54$26.92 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$64.57 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $48 to $219Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $16 to $145
$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $58

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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$138.04
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
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 24th of 51

$64.57

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.