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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Nebraska 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$38.02$38.02 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$105 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $38 to $468Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $36 to $316
$50$100$200$500facility $251professional $38

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
$42.66
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$190.55

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 50th of 51

$42.66

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.