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JAK2 V617F Gene Change Test

West Virginia 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$74.13$67.61 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$525 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,349Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $62 to $87
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $794professional $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
$138.04
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$125.89

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 6th of 51

$138

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.