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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Iowa 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$251$162 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$288 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $240 to $661Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,072
$200$500$1Kfacility $324professional $251

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
$190.55
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$316.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$588.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$57.54

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$288

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.