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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Minnesota 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 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 $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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$209 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$229 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $229 to $933Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $170 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $240professional $240

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
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$562.34
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 27th of 51

$240

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.