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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Idaho 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $457 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$245$204 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$269 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $240 to $871Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $138 to $468
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $245

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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$524.81
1 more rate 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 23rd of 51

$251

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.