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BRAF Gene Change Test

West Virginia 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 October 2026.

How much does BRAF Gene Change Test cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $339 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$89.13 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$234 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $145 to $813Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $76 to $331
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$147.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$851.14
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$331.13

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Connecticut. 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.

West Virginia· 22nd of 51

$178

AK $398CT $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.