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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

North Carolina 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 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$195$162 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$200 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $195 to $813Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $110 to $331
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $229professional $195

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
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 47th of 51

$195

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.