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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Arizona 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 5 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$182$162 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$309 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,047Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $138 to $331
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $182

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
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 48th of 51

$195

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.