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BRAF Gene Change Test

California rates for HCPCS 81210

A laboratory test on a tumor sample or a blood sample that looks for a specific change in the BRAF gene at the spot where it most often goes wrong. This change drives some melanomas, thyroid cancers and bowel cancers, and finding it opens the door to drugs aimed directly at it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does BRAF Gene Change Test cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $417 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$77.62 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$209 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,514Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $76 to $871
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $417professional $135

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$302.00
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$524.81
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$489.78
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$354.81

Where California sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $151 · 35th of 51
AK $398VT $105

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.