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Procedure price report · Pathology

APC gene test, full sequence

CPT 81201the billing code this page is about

Laboratory test that reads the entire coding sequence of the APC gene, used in evaluating inherited colon polyp and colorectal cancer syndromes.

Hospitals typically charge $961 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 676 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,032. Most fall between $365 and $1,781 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
676
States
45
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 676 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$178$473$961$1,662$2,386

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($178 vs $2,386).

How the prices are spread

$97 – $137: 20 hospitals$97$137 – $195: 28 hospitals$195 – $276: 18 hospitals$195$276 – $392: 46 hospitals$392 – $556: 56 hospitals$392$556 – $789: 81 hospitals$789 – $1,119: 111 hospitals$789$1,119 – $1,587: 112 hospitals$1,587 – $2,251: 90 hospitals$1,587$2,251 – $3,193: 54 hospitals$2,251median $961price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (616 of 676 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$97$13720
$137$19528
$195$27618
$276$39246
$392$55656
$556$78981
$789$1,119111
$1,119$1,587112
$1,587$2,25190
$2,251$3,19354

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $961.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,406 across 15 hospitalsWA$1,406Idaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $446 across 28 hospitalsMN$446Illinois: median $1,453 across 22 hospitalsIL$1,453Wisconsin: median $906 across 21 hospitalsWI$906Michigan: median $1,076 across 13 hospitalsMI$1,076New York: median $780 across 26 hospitalsNY$780Massachusetts: median $1,583 across 12 hospitalsMA$1,583Oregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $749 across 14 hospitalsIA$749Indiana: median $1,123 across 19 hospitalsIN$1,123Ohio: median $1,355 across 45 hospitalsOH$1,355Pennsylvania: median $1,229 across 31 hospitalsPA$1,229New Jersey: median $858 across 34 hospitalsNJ$858Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,781 across 34 hospitalsCA$1,781Utah: median $1,692 across 24 hospitalsUT$1,692Colorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,168 across 11 hospitalsMO$1,168Kentucky: median $1,268 across 20 hospitalsKY$1,268West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $408 across 26 hospitalsVA$408Maryland: median $285 across 14 hospitalsMD$285Delaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,306 across 19 hospitalsAZ$1,306New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $171 across 23 hospitalsTN$171North Carolina: median $1,808 across 17 hospitalsNC$1,808South Carolina: median $1,268 across 12 hospitalsSC$1,268Oklahoma: median $834 across 13 hospitalsOK$834Louisiana: median $745 across 14 hospitalsLA$745Mississippi: median $549 across 11 hospitalsMS$549Alabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,386 across 10 hospitalsGA$2,386Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $412 across 66 hospitalsTX$412Florida: median $546 across 22 hospitalsFL$546
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $961. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA10$2,386+148%$1,155 – $2,386
North Carolina NC17$1,808+88%$525 – $2,444
California CA34$1,781+85%$303 – $1,781
Utah UT24$1,692+76%$1,692 – $1,990
Massachusetts MA12$1,583+65%$1,297 – $2,355
Illinois IL22$1,453+51%$749 – $1,629
Washington WA15$1,406+46%$893 – $2,327
Ohio OH45$1,355+41%$1,290 – $2,466
Arizona AZ19$1,306+36%$249 – $3,634
Kentucky KY20$1,268+32%$720 – $1,662
South Carolina SC12$1,268+32%$1,268 – $1,268
Pennsylvania PA31$1,229+28%$162 – $7,724
Missouri MO11$1,168+21%$810 – $1,456
Indiana IN19$1,123+17%$844 – $1,597
Michigan MI13$1,076+12%$502 – $1,315
Wisconsin WI21$906−6%$99 – $1,114
New Jersey NJ34$858−11%$780 – $1,157
Oklahoma OK13$834−13%$421 – $1,047
New York NY26$780−19%$780 – $1,837
Iowa IA14$749−22%$749 – $749
Louisiana LA14$745−22%$365 – $1,094
Mississippi MS11$549−43%$414 – $961
Florida FL22$546−43%$194 – $585
Minnesota MN28$446−54%$97 – $1,379
Texas TX66$412−57%$335 – $1,083
Virginia VA26$408−58%$97 – $961
Maryland MD14$285−70%$208 – $1,181
Tennessee TN23$171−82%$97 – $406
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $961.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care556$936$345 – $1,781
Children’s20$495$303 – $772
Critical access98$1,233$408 – $1,692
Ownership
For-profit62$1,155$335 – $2,854
Government80$805$480 – $1,268
Non-profit532$961$338 – $1,781
System affiliation
Part of a system599$1,000$345 – $1,781
Independent77$844$367 – $1,365

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,866
Median cash price$961
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

486 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,018 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,007; most fall between $335 and $1,837.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 486 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$156$444$1,018$1,778$2,466

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($156 vs $2,466).

Of the 559 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 486 gave a usable cash price; 47 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

676 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 762 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted676
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here58
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded27
Hospitals that filed this code762

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Pathology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as APC GENE FULL SEQUENCE.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “APC gene test, full sequence (CPT 81201) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-81201-apc-gene-test-full-sequence