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Eye Melanoma Gene Activity Risk Test

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 81552

A laboratory test on a sample from a melanoma inside the eye that measures the activity of a small set of genes and reports which risk group the tumor falls into. The result predicts how likely the melanoma is to spread elsewhere and is used to set how closely the patient is watched afterwards.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Eye Melanoma Gene Activity Risk Test cost?

$7,762

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,762 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,762 from a physician practice, and about $16,596 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7,762$6,607 to $12,303
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,596$6,166 to $35,481

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $6,166 to $35,481Professionalmedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $4,677 to $20,417
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $16,596professional $7,762

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$24,547.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Texas 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$7,762

TX $23,988AL $3,236

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.