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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 July 2026.

How much does Basic Single Gene Variant Test cost?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 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 $170 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 6 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$60.26 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$64.57 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $65 to $468Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $51 to $93
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $170professional $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
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$467.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$138.04

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 34th of 51

$64.57

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.