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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

Tennessee 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$74.13$69.18 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$89.13 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $72 to $398Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $60 to $126
$20$50$100$200$500facility $110professional $74

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
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$125.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 42nd of 51

$81.28

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.