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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

South 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 July 2026.

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

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 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 $457 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$195$191 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$209 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,148Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $162 to $295
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $195

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
$190.55
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$195

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.