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MPL Gene Test For Blood Disorders

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 81338

This is a genetic test that looks for common changes in a gene involved in regulating how the bone marrow produces blood cells. It helps diagnose conditions where the bone marrow makes too many blood cells, such as essential thrombocythemia or primary myelofibrosis. A blood sample is used to look for well-established variants in this gene.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does MPL Gene Test For Blood Disorders cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$91.20 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$151 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $112 to $457Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $91 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $186professional $151

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
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$457.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$588.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$457.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$288.40
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
3 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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Massachusetts· 27th of 51

$151

AK $339AL $63.10

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.