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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 October 2026.

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

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $240 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$200$69.18 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$200 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $186 to $525Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $200

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
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$281.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38
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
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 42nd of 51

$200

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.