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Procedure price report · Pathology

Genetic test, high complexity (level 8)

CPT 81407the billing code this page is about

A gene or DNA analysis billed at molecular pathology level 8, a tier that groups tests of similar analytic complexity; one unit is one such test on one specimen.

Hospitals typically charge $960 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,067 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,042. Most fall between $438 and $2,199 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,067
States
49
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 1,067 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
$236$514$960$1,762$2,948

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($236 vs $2,948).

How the prices are spread

$80 – $118: 17 hospitals$80$118 – $174: 21 hospitals$174 – $257: 37 hospitals$174$257 – $378: 50 hospitals$378 – $558: 106 hospitals$378$558 – $823: 150 hospitals$823 – $1,214: 211 hospitals$823$1,214 – $1,790: 178 hospitals$1,790 – $2,640: 108 hospitals$1,790$2,640 – $3,893: 89 hospitals$2,640median $960price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (967 of 1,067 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$80$11817
$118$17421
$174$25737
$257$37850
$378$558106
$558$823150
$823$1,214211
$1,214$1,790178
$1,790$2,640108
$2,640$3,89389

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $960.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $608 across 19 hospitalsWA$608Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $55 across 30 hospitalsMN$55Illinois: median $1,000 across 44 hospitalsIL$1,000Wisconsin: median $1,383 across 44 hospitalsWI$1,383Michigan: median $1,069 across 41 hospitalsMI$1,069New York: median $889 across 52 hospitalsNY$889Massachusetts: median $1,769 across 26 hospitalsMA$1,769Oregon: median $678 across 11 hospitalsOR$678Nevada: median $1,028 across 10 hospitalsNV$1,028Wyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $812 across 15 hospitalsIA$812Indiana: median $529 across 32 hospitalsIN$529Ohio: median $1,236 across 71 hospitalsOH$1,236Pennsylvania: median $973 across 67 hospitalsPA$973New Jersey: median $931 across 32 hospitalsNJ$931Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,422 across 35 hospitalsCA$1,422Utah: median $2,446 across 24 hospitalsUT$2,446Colorado: median $1,016 across 14 hospitalsCO$1,016Nebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,580 across 13 hospitalsMO$1,580Kentucky: median $660 across 18 hospitalsKY$660West Virginia: median $484 across 14 hospitalsWV$484Virginia: median $1,538 across 41 hospitalsVA$1,538Maryland: median $1,253 across 19 hospitalsMD$1,253Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,244 across 11 hospitalsAZ$1,244New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $559 across 15 hospitalsKS$559Arkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $747 across 29 hospitalsTN$747North Carolina: median $736 across 20 hospitalsNC$736South Carolina: median $1,383 across 20 hospitalsSC$1,383Oklahoma: median $508 across 20 hospitalsOK$508Louisiana: median $931 across 22 hospitalsLA$931Mississippi: median $693 across 24 hospitalsMS$693Alabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $836 across 46 hospitalsGA$836Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $438 across 88 hospitalsTX$438Florida: median $807 across 31 hospitalsFL$807
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $960. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT24$2,446+155%$2,446 – $2,878
Massachusetts MA26$1,769+84%$890 – $2,666
Missouri MO13$1,580+65%$685 – $2,415
Virginia VA41$1,538+60%$847 – $6,925
California CA35$1,422+48%$151 – $1,422
Wisconsin WI44$1,383+44%$250 – $3,853
South Carolina SC20$1,383+44%$440 – $1,383
Maryland MD19$1,253+31%$422 – $1,606
Arizona AZ11$1,244+30%$907 – $2,199
Ohio OH71$1,236+29%$635 – $1,861
Michigan MI41$1,069+11%$829 – $1,357
Nevada NV10$1,028+7%$816 – $1,777
Colorado CO14$1,016+6%$838 – $2,450
Illinois IL44$1,000+4%$801 – $3,909
Pennsylvania PA67$973+1%$450 – $1,901
New Jersey NJ32$931−3%$931 – $2,159
Louisiana LA22$931−3%$416 – $1,489
New York NY52$889−7%$508 – $1,828
Georgia GA46$836−13%$636 – $2,507
Iowa IA15$812−15%$788 – $812
Florida FL31$807−16%$80 – $1,238
Tennessee TN29$747−22%$415 – $795
North Carolina NC20$736−23%$471 – $1,378
Mississippi MS24$693−28%$566 – $1,019
Oregon OR11$678−29%$594 – $1,239
Kentucky KY18$660−31%$432 – $1,021
Washington WA19$608−37%$530 – $2,343
Kansas KS15$559−42%$232 – $1,377
Indiana IN32$529−45%$295 – $1,141
Oklahoma OK20$508−47%$313 – $950
West Virginia WV14$484−50%$448 – $1,532
Texas TX88$438−54%$402 – $1,334
Minnesota MN30$55−94%$47 – $1,196
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $960.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care861$952$438 – $1,994
Children’s31$608$137 – $1,270
Critical access169$1,196$405 – $2,446
Ownership
For-profit88$851$438 – $2,539
Government120$738$347 – $1,267
Non-profit853$1,011$438 – $2,343
System affiliation
Part of a system948$973$438 – $2,343
Independent119$846$269 – $1,743

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,739
Median cash price$960
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

789 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,069 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,167; most fall between $453 and $2,415.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 789 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
$296$635$1,069$1,819$2,980

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($296 vs $2,980).

Of the 946 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 789 gave a usable cash price; 115 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 42 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,067 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (27%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,245 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,067
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here136
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded41
Hospitals that filed this code1,245

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 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 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 HC Notch1 Ngs.

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, high complexity (level 8) (CPT 81407) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-81407-genetic-test-high-complexity-level-8