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Targeted Genetic Analysis of a Known Change

Iowa rates for HCPCS 81402

A laboratory analysis of DNA or RNA that checks a sample for specific, already-known genetic changes rather than reading a gene from end to end. Which gene is examined depends on the condition being investigated; services grouped together here share the amount and difficulty of the laboratory work rather than a single disease.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Targeted Genetic Analysis of a Known Change cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$91.20 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$178 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $151 to $398Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $91 to $490
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $269professional $151

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
$117.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$309.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$36.31

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Iowa· 18th of 51

$162

AK $339AL $63.10

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.