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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

How much does Basic Single Gene Variant Test cost?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $138 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$54.95 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$60.26 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $60 to $263Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $38 to $129
$50$100$200$500facility $138professional $65

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$151.36
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.80

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Minnesota· 26th of 51

$64.57

AK $145DE $42.66

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.