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Full Gene Test For An Inherited Anemia

Illinois rates for HCPCS 81259

A blood test that reads the complete sequence of the genes for one of the building blocks of hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells. It looks for inherited changes that cause an anemia in which too little of that building block is made.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Full Gene Test For An Inherited Anemia cost?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$417$4.37 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$813 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,365Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $3 to $759
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $417

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
$489.78
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 3.7 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.

Illinois· 44th of 51

$457

AK $1,349DE $363

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.