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BCR ABL1 Fusion Transcript Measurement

Georgia rates for HCPCS 0016U

Tracks how much of the BCR-ABL1 abnormality remains in someone being treated for a blood cancer such as chronic myeloid leukemia, which shows how well treatment is working. The test measures the amount of the fused BCR-ABL1 message in RNA and covers both the major and the minor breakpoint forms. Blood or a bone-marrow sample can be used.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does BCR ABL1 Fusion Transcript Measurement cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$120$81.28 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$162 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $110 to $562Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $51 to $324
$100$200$500facility $204professional $120

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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,318.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$346.74
3 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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Texas than in New Mexico. 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.

Georgia· 31st of 51

$158

TX $813NM $97.72

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.