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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Georgia 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$141 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$240 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $182 to $832Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $76 to $550
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $324professional $302

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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$512.86
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
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 11th of 51

$302

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.