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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 July 2026.

How much does JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test cost?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$93.33$87.10 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$112 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $91 to $575Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $62 to $214
$50$100$200$500facility $195professional $93

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
$213.80
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$131.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$125.89

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 20th of 51

$105

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.