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Full Gene Test To Characterize A Leukemia

West 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 July 2026.

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

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$195$178 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$200 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $200 to $468Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $162 to $229
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $302professional $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
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$331.13

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 44th of 51

$200

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.