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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Iowa 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $117 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$38.02 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$77.62 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $65 to $170Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $38 to $251
$50$100$200facility $117professional $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
$50.12
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$131.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
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
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$69.18

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.