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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

Idaho 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $174 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$93.33$77.62 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$115 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $91 to $331Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $52 to $178
$50$100$200$500facility $174professional $93

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
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$199.53
1 more rate 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 9th of 51

$115

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.