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Genetic Test For Thiopurine Drug Handling

Washington, DC 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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$132$129 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$132 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,072Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $126 to $135
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $1,023professional $132

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
$131.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$134.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$794.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$165.96

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 48th of 51

$132

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.