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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

How much does JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test cost?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $105 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$87.10$75.86 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$105 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $105 to $145Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $55 to $141
$50$100$200facility $105professional $87

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89
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
$36.31
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Connecticut. 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.

Arkansas· 18th of 51

$105

AK $204CT $63.10

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.