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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$200 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$275 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $275 to $380Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $145 to $380
$100$200$500facility $275professional $229

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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
2 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Texas 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.

Arkansas· 18th of 51

$275

TX $692DE $162

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.