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Gene Activity Test For Lung Scarring

Iowa rates for HCPCS 81554

A laboratory test performed on small pieces of lung tissue that measures the activity of a large set of genes and turns the pattern into a single categorical answer. The result helps doctors work out whether a particular scarring pattern is present in the lungs, so a diagnosis can often be reached without a larger surgical lung biopsy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Gene Activity Test For Lung Scarring cost?

$5,888

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,495 from a physician practice, and about $9,772 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,495$3,311 to $10,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,772$6,166 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $5,370 to $14,454Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $20,893
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,772professional $5,495

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
$4,265.80
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$13,182.57
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,125.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$26,915.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,244.36
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
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
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.2 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.

Iowa· 15th of 51

$5,888

TX $14,125AL $2,291

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.