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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 July 2026.

How much does Basic Single Gene Variant Test cost?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 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 $100 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 8 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$57.54$48.98 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$64.57 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $49 to $186Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $38 to $427
$50$100$200facility $100professional $58

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
$48.98
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$162.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 32nd of 51

$64.57

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.