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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 October 2026.

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

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 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 $537 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$110 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$195 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,096Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $110 to $427
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $195

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
3 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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 46th of 51

$195

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.