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Gene Activity Test For Lung Scarring

Minnesota 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?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,370 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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$5,370$4,677 to $6,607
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$5,129 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $5,129 to $21,380Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $10,715
$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,495professional $5,370

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
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$51,286.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$39,810.72
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,882.50
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 22nd of 51

$5,495

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.