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Basic Single Gene Variant Test

West Virginia 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 4 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$51.29$47.86 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$52.48 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $52 to $126Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $43 to $55
$50$100$200facility $79professional $51

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
$52.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$70.79

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 47th of 51

$52.48

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.