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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Kansas 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$145 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$251 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $219 to $724Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $145 to $631
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $380professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$501.19

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 22nd of 51

$257

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.