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Genetic Marker Analysis, Blood Or Tissue

Missouri rates for HCPCS 81264

This service is a laboratory test that analyzes a blood or tissue sample for a specific genetic marker to detect an abnormal clonal population of cells - a group of cells that all arose from a single abnormal cell - which can be a sign of certain cancers. Results help a doctor diagnose or monitor conditions such as blood cancers. The sample is processed in a specialized genetics laboratory.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Genetic Marker Analysis, Blood Or Tissue cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$87.10 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$209 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $155 to $813Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $72 to $513
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $302professional $148

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
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$234.42
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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$39.81

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 3.4 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.

Missouri· 33rd of 51

$166

AK $389DE $115

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.