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Cancer-Related Gene Mutation Test, Blood Or Tissue

Virginia rates for HCPCS 81305

This service is a genetic laboratory test that looks for specific mutations in a gene commonly altered in certain blood or bone marrow cancers. Results can help confirm a diagnosis and guide treatment decisions. The test is typically run on a blood or bone marrow sample.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cancer-Related Gene Mutation Test, Blood Or Tissue cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $219 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$97.72 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$174 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $174 to $851Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $74 to $251
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $219professional $129

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$128.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$245.47
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$148

AK $398DE $105

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.