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Gene Activity Test To Find A Tumor's Origin

Georgia rates for HCPCS 81504

A laboratory test on a tumor sample that compares the activity pattern of its genes against the patterns typical of many known cancer types. It is used when a cancer has been found but the organ it started in is unclear, and it reports how closely the tumor resembles each candidate origin so treatment can be aimed correctly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Gene Activity Test To Find A Tumor's Origin cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$209$209 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$525 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,820Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $132 to $977
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $209

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Texas than in Georgia. 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.

Georgia· 51st of 51

$234

TX $1,905GA $234

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.