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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

New Jersey 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$66.07$50.12 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$87.10 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $69 to $646Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $43 to $74
$100$1K$10Kfacility $204professional $66

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
$81.28
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$141.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$102.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 24th of 51

$69.18

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.