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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

South Dakota 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$331$191 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$389 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $275 to $468Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $162 to $589
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $331

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
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,202.26
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 3rd of 51

$407

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.