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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Michigan 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 6 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$200$182 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$229 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $219 to $427Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $178 to $309
$100$200$500facility $229professional $200

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
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$776.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 34th of 51

$229

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.