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Genetic test of both breast cancer genes, full analysis

CPT 81162the billing code this page is about

Laboratory analysis of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that both reads the full genetic sequence and checks for large missing or duplicated sections of those genes.

Hospitals typically charge $2,190 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,484 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,436. Most fall between $1,290 and $4,401 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,484
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,484 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$876$1,500$2,190$3,831$6,511

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($876 vs $6,511).

How the prices are spread

$633 – $819: 72 hospitals$633$819 – $1,061: 68 hospitals$1,061 – $1,374: 122 hospitals$1,061$1,374 – $1,780: 144 hospitals$1,780 – $2,305: 299 hospitals$1,780$2,305 – $2,985: 195 hospitals$2,985 – $3,866: 147 hospitals$2,985$3,866 – $5,008: 113 hospitals$5,008 – $6,486: 105 hospitals$5,008$6,486 – $8,400: 75 hospitals$6,486median $2,190price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,340 of 1,484 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$633$81972
$819$1,06168
$1,061$1,374122
$1,374$1,780144
$1,780$2,305299
$2,305$2,985195
$2,985$3,866147
$3,866$5,008113
$5,008$6,486105
$6,486$8,40075

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,190.

Alaska: median $2,858 across 14 hospitalsAK$2,858Maine: median $2,151 across 10 hospitalsME$2,151Vermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $3,043 across 11 hospitalsNH$3,043Washington: median $2,768 across 48 hospitalsWA$2,768Idaho: median $2,513 across 16 hospitalsID$2,513Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $5,738 across 10 hospitalsND$5,738Minnesota: median $1,670 across 24 hospitalsMN$1,670Illinois: median $2,874 across 71 hospitalsIL$2,874Wisconsin: median $5,396 across 38 hospitalsWI$5,396Michigan: median $1,360 across 37 hospitalsMI$1,360New York: median $2,190 across 49 hospitalsNY$2,190Massachusetts: median $4,998 across 30 hospitalsMA$4,998Oregon: median $3,482 across 31 hospitalsOR$3,482Nevada: median $3,427 across 10 hospitalsNV$3,427Wyoming: median $3,264 across 11 hospitalsWY$3,264South Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,752 across 25 hospitalsIA$1,752Indiana: median $2,483 across 53 hospitalsIN$2,483Ohio: median $3,012 across 76 hospitalsOH$3,012Pennsylvania: median $2,140 across 65 hospitalsPA$2,140New Jersey: median $2,007 across 44 hospitalsNJ$2,007Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,737 across 36 hospitalsCA$6,737Utah: median $2,181 across 30 hospitalsUT$2,181Colorado: median $2,390 across 37 hospitalsCO$2,390Nebraska: median $3,488 across 11 hospitalsNE$3,488Missouri: median $3,069 across 30 hospitalsMO$3,069Kentucky: median $3,911 across 33 hospitalsKY$3,911West Virginia: median $1,200 across 25 hospitalsWV$1,200Virginia: median $2,491 across 43 hospitalsVA$2,491Maryland: median $2,036 across 18 hospitalsMD$2,036Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,956 across 23 hospitalsAZ$1,956New Mexico: median $2,132 across 14 hospitalsNM$2,132Kansas: median $2,403 across 28 hospitalsKS$2,403Arkansas: median $1,170 across 10 hospitalsAR$1,170Tennessee: median $1,935 across 33 hospitalsTN$1,935North Carolina: median $1,181 across 43 hospitalsNC$1,181South Carolina: median $2,887 across 29 hospitalsSC$2,887Oklahoma: median $1,741 across 27 hospitalsOK$1,741Louisiana: median $2,100 across 29 hospitalsLA$2,100Mississippi: median $1,260 across 27 hospitalsMS$1,260Alabama: median $1,797 across 12 hospitalsAL$1,797Georgia: median $1,290 across 59 hospitalsGA$1,290Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,247 across 126 hospitalsTX$1,247Florida: median $1,676 across 56 hospitalsFL$1,676
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,190. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA36$6,737+208%$1,208 – $6,737
North Dakota ND10$5,738+162%$1,607 – $6,128
Wisconsin WI38$5,396+146%$2,429 – $5,475
Massachusetts MA30$4,998+128%$2,903 – $7,758
Kentucky KY33$3,911+79%$1,312 – $6,197
Nebraska NE11$3,488+59%$2,384 – $4,035
Oregon OR31$3,482+59%$1,932 – $6,046
Nevada NV10$3,427+57%$1,747 – $5,475
Wyoming WY11$3,264+49%$2,300 – $3,937
Missouri MO30$3,069+40%$1,692 – $4,106
New Hampshire NH11$3,043+39%$1,715 – $3,888
Ohio OH76$3,012+38%$1,842 – $4,505
South Carolina SC29$2,887+32%$2,343 – $2,969
Illinois IL71$2,874+31%$2,035 – $4,401
Alaska AK14$2,858+31%$2,373 – $5,362
Washington WA48$2,768+26%$1,975 – $3,265
Idaho ID16$2,513+15%$2,081 – $2,892
Virginia VA43$2,491+14%$633 – $7,973
Indiana IN53$2,483+13%$1,785 – $3,205
Kansas KS28$2,403+10%$1,580 – $4,325
Colorado CO37$2,390+9%$1,686 – $3,224
New York NY49$2,1900%$1,825 – $4,380
Utah UT30$2,1810%$1,854 – $2,181
Maine ME10$2,151−2%$1,092 – $3,475
Pennsylvania PA65$2,140−2%$1,824 – $3,930
New Mexico NM14$2,132−3%$1,485 – $4,003
Louisiana LA29$2,100−4%$730 – $3,180
Maryland MD18$2,036−7%$1,341 – $3,142
New Jersey NJ44$2,007−8%$1,825 – $4,825
Arizona AZ23$1,956−11%$1,720 – $3,444
Tennessee TN33$1,935−12%$1,377 – $2,154
Alabama AL12$1,797−18%$919 – $2,477
Iowa IA25$1,752−20%$1,752 – $2,593
Oklahoma OK27$1,741−20%$929 – $5,475
Florida FL56$1,676−23%$1,500 – $5,748
Minnesota MN24$1,670−24%$1,408 – $1,884
Michigan MI37$1,360−38%$1,258 – $2,518
Georgia GA59$1,290−41%$1,037 – $6,776
Mississippi MS27$1,260−42%$894 – $1,906
Texas TX126$1,247−43%$784 – $3,193
West Virginia WV25$1,200−45%$1,200 – $2,678
North Carolina NC43$1,181−46%$979 – $1,944
Arkansas AR10$1,170−47%$899 – $2,287
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,190.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,122$2,140$1,258 – $4,292
Children’s23$1,527$338 – $2,738
Critical access333$2,680$1,715 – $4,917
Ownership
For-profit160$2,184$1,252 – $5,182
Government257$2,141$1,290 – $3,798
Non-profit1,061$2,198$1,290 – $4,562
System affiliation
Part of a system1,226$2,162$1,258 – $4,562
Independent258$2,390$1,541 – $4,022

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,081
Median cash price$2,190
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,051 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,232 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,479; most fall between $1,290 and $4,555.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,051 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$784$1,452$2,232$3,816$6,737

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($784 vs $6,737).

Of the 1,194 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,051 gave a usable cash price; 102 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 41 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,484 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (38%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,659 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,484
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here131
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded42
Hospitals that filed this code1,659

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Pathology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as BRCA1&2 GEN FULL SEQ DUP/DEL.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Genetic test of both breast cancer genes, full analysis (CPT 81162) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-81162-genetic-test-of-both-breast-cancer-genes-full-analysis