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Genetic Test For Thiopurine Drug Handling

Alaska rates for HCPCS 81335

A blood or saliva test that looks for common inherited changes in a gene controlling how the body breaks down a group of medicines used for leukemia, inflammatory bowel disease, and some autoimmune conditions. People carrying these changes clear the drug slowly and can develop dangerously low blood counts on a standard dose. The result is used to set a safe starting dose or to choose a different medicine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Test For Thiopurine Drug Handling cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$389$174 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$174 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,259Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $123 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $389

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$562.34
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$691.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$524.81

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.3 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$389

AK $389DE $117

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.