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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Kentucky 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $240 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$170$69.18 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$200 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $200 to $575Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $69 to $331
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $170

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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$191

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.