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Unlisted Genetic or Molecular Laboratory Test

Kansas 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$79.43$10.23 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$89.13 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $85 to $5,495Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $9 to $2,291
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $79

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$2,089

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.