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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 July 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, 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 $631 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$240$229 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$240 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,778Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $195 to $355
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $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
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$524.81

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 25th 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.