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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Illinois 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 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 5 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$52.48$43.65 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$67.61 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $55 to $174Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $3 to $110
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $100professional $52

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
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 42nd of 51

$54.95

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.