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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 July 2026.

How much does JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 8 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$85.11$63.10 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$91.20 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $74 to $339Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $51 to $204
$20$50$100$200$500facility $123professional $85

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
$74.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$128.82

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 26th of 51

$95.50

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.