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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 July 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$158$158 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$240 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,000Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $158

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
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$676.08

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 33rd 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.