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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

Virginia 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 October 2026.

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

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $347 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$145 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$240 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,259Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $120 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $347professional $195

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$426.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$380.19
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Texas 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$234

TX $692DE $162

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.