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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

Kansas 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 5 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$89.13$69.18 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$105 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $91 to $295Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $60 to $126
$50$100$200$500facility $158professional $89

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
$91.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$147.91

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 19th of 51

$107

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.