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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Massachusetts 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $126 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$64.57$64.57 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$93.33 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $65 to $209Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $45 to $138
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $126professional $65

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
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$158.49
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$165.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$144.54

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $66.07 · 28th of 51
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.