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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

Massachusetts 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 9 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$91.20$83.18 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$129 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $87 to $389Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $62 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $91

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
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$288.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$316.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$239.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$257.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$316.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$218.78

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 28th of 51

$91.20

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.