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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

Nebraska 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 7 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$60.26$60.26 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$200 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $91 to $759Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $55 to $603
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $60

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
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$251.19

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 1st of 51

$204

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.