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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

Montana 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $178 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$123$95.50 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$123 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $115 to $603Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $62 to $603
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $178professional $123

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
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
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 Montana 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.

Montana· 9th of 51

$126

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.