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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 July 2026.

How much does Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia cost?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$234$182 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$257 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $240 to $724Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $158 to $302
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $234

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
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$389.05

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 19th of 51

$257

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.