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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

Georgia 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$115$50.12 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$91.20 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $69 to $316Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $29 to $209
$20$50$100$200facility $123professional $115

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
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$194.98
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
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 8th of 51

$117

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.