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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

New Jersey 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 5 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$200$178 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$339 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,311Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $162 to $407
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $537professional $200

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
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$588.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$331.13

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 22nd of 51

$245

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.