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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

Tennessee 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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$50.12$47.86 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$57.54 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $48 to $302Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $35 to $123
$20$50$100$200$500facility $98professional $50

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
$47.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$89.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 44th of 51

$54.95

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.