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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 October 2026.

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

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $407 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$245$200 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$269 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $219 to $851Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $407professional $245

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$776.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$933.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$776.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$776.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$489.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
3 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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$295

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.