Table 1.

Payer^a coverage policies for gene panels including BRCA1/2

Aspect of payer coverage	Percentage of policies satisfying criteria (number/total relevant policies)
Payers with any relevant coverage policies	76 (13/17)
Panels considered medically necessary and covered	0 (0/13)
Panels covered only if all individual components are medically necessary	23 (3/13)
All panels considered investigational/experimental	54 (7/13)
Specific panels considered investigational/experimental	23 (3/14)
Payers with no relevant coverage policies	24 (4/17)

^aPayers include United Healthcare, Anthem, Aetna, Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), Cigna, Humana, Health Net, Highmark, Independence Blue Cross, Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Michigan, CareFirst BCBS, BCBS Tennessee, BCBS Alabama, Blue Shield of California, BCBS Florida, Medical Mutual of Ohio and BCBS Massachusetts. These payers combined represent 158,974,237 covered lives.