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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, 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 $132 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$38.02 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$67.61 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $50 to $398Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $32 to $78
$50$100$200facility $132professional $65

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$51.29

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 27th 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.