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Unlisted Genetic or Molecular Laboratory Test

South Dakota 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?

$170

Typical facility fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $75.86 to $398.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,514Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $76 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $170professional $170

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$295.12

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 20th of 51

$170

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.