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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

North Dakota 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$158$105 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$87.10 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $65 to $427Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $65 to $447
$100$200$500facility $263professional $158

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
$64.57
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 4th of 51

$166

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.