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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

Nevada 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$70.79$61.66 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$77.62 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $71 to $589Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $48 to $209
$50$100$200$500facility $148professional $71

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
$70.79
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$141.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$125.89

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 41st of 51

$87.10

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.