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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Rhode Island 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $724 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 4 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$229$182 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$288 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,479Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $182 to $245
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $724professional $229

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
$398.11
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$478.63

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$229

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.