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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

Maine 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 Maine, 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 $166 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 6 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$74.13 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$91.20 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $91 to $525Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $55 to $110
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $166professional $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
$147.91
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$977.24
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$186.21

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 32nd 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.