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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Nebraska 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $457 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$158$145 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$339 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $145 to $933Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $138 to $977
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $158

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
$158.49
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$977.24

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 40th of 51

$200

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.