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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Massachusetts 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 9 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$240$240 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$339 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $229 to $955Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $178 to $603
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $240

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
$229.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$724.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$831.76
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$831.76
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$562.34

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 27th of 51

$240

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.