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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Kentucky 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$50.12$25.12 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$52.48 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $52 to $155Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $25 to $78
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $65professional $50

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
$52.48
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$53.70
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$51.29

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.