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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Missouri 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$219$200 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$288 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,148Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $132 to $776
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $219

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
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$323.59
2 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
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 31st of 51

$234

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.