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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 81270

Looks in a blood or bone-marrow sample for one specific change in the JAK2 gene, known as V617F, which drives the marrow to overproduce blood cells. Finding it supports the diagnosis of a myeloproliferative disorder such as polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia or myelofibrosis. The change is picked up during life in the blood-forming cells rather than inherited.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$204$91.20 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$135 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $91 to $661Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $87 to $309
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $204

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
$309.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$295.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Nebraska than in Vermont. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$204

NE $204VT $66.07

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.