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Unlisted Genetic or Molecular Laboratory Test

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 81479

A laboratory analysis of DNA or RNA from a blood, saliva or tissue sample where the specific test has no standard named entry of its own. It is used for newly developed or uncommon analyzes, so the laboratory records exactly which genetic material was examined and by what method. What is actually tested varies completely from one order to the next.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Genetic or Molecular Laboratory Test cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 3 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$75.86$75.86 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$302 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $251 to $5,248Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $76 to $79
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $76

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
$251.19
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 30.9 times more in Kansas than in Missouri. 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.

Washington, DC· 16th of 51

$302

KS $2,089MO $67.61

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.