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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Alabama rates for HCPCS 81218

A laboratory test on a blood or bone marrow sample that reads the entire sequence of a gene, looking for changes that help classify a leukemia and guide treatment. Reading the whole gene picks up changes anywhere along it, not only at the spots a shorter test checks.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia cost?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 4 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$200$162 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$195 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $166 to $363Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $145 to $275
$100$200$500facility $240professional $200

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
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$331.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 38th of 51

$219

AK $550DE $174

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.