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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Louisiana 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$75.86$67.61 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$74.13 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $65 to $229Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $38 to $229
$50$100$200facility $87professional $76

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
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$89.13

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 4th of 51

$81.28

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.