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CEBPA gene test, full sequence

CPT 81218the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that reads the full coding sequence of the CEBPA gene, used in evaluating and classifying certain blood and bone marrow disorders.

Hospitals typically charge $455 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,097 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $485. Most fall between $250 and $881 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,097
States
48
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 1,097 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
$210$278$455$804$1,335

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($210 vs $1,335).

How the prices are spread

$148 – $194: 39 hospitals$148$194 – $253: 140 hospitals$253 – $332: 128 hospitals$253$332 – $434: 152 hospitals$434 – $568: 180 hospitals$434$568 – $744: 110 hospitals$744 – $974: 105 hospitals$744$974 – $1,275: 76 hospitals$1,275 – $1,669: 36 hospitals$1,275$1,669 – $2,185: 23 hospitals$1,669median $455price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (989 of 1,097 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$148$19439
$194$253140
$253$332128
$332$434152
$434$568180
$568$744110
$744$974105
$974$1,27576
$1,275$1,66936
$1,669$2,18523

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $455.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $480 across 35 hospitalsWA$480Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $436 across 21 hospitalsMN$436Illinois: median $660 across 46 hospitalsIL$660Wisconsin: median $590 across 39 hospitalsWI$590Michigan: median $355 across 33 hospitalsMI$355New York: median $318 across 36 hospitalsNY$318Massachusetts: median $852 across 21 hospitalsMA$852Oregon: median $444 across 14 hospitalsOR$444Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $232 across 16 hospitalsIA$232Indiana: median $454 across 29 hospitalsIN$454Ohio: median $560 across 87 hospitalsOH$560Pennsylvania: median $498 across 55 hospitalsPA$498New Jersey: median $266 across 37 hospitalsNJ$266Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,699 across 35 hospitalsCA$2,699Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $390 across 26 hospitalsCO$390Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $534 across 34 hospitalsMO$534Kentucky: median $645 across 22 hospitalsKY$645West Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $423 across 28 hospitalsVA$423Maryland: median $659 across 18 hospitalsMD$659Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,426 across 20 hospitalsAZ$2,426New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $862 across 23 hospitalsKS$862Arkansas: median $275 across 14 hospitalsAR$275Tennessee: median $379 across 23 hospitalsTN$379North Carolina: median $304 across 30 hospitalsNC$304South Carolina: median $471 across 30 hospitalsSC$471Oklahoma: median $428 across 32 hospitalsOK$428Louisiana: median $260 across 15 hospitalsLA$260Mississippi: median $114 across 12 hospitalsMS$114Alabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $398 across 54 hospitalsGA$398Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $493 across 82 hospitalsTX$493Florida: median $240 across 43 hospitalsFL$240
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $455. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA35$2,699+493%$213 – $2,699
Arizona AZ20$2,426+433%$325 – $2,529
Kansas KS23$862+89%$316 – $1,666
Massachusetts MA21$852+87%$595 – $1,032
Illinois IL46$660+45%$534 – $873
Maryland MD18$659+45%$334 – $1,397
Kentucky KY22$645+42%$292 – $645
Wisconsin WI39$590+30%$381 – $987
Ohio OH87$560+23%$380 – $1,085
Missouri MO34$534+17%$443 – $1,177
Pennsylvania PA55$498+9%$241 – $2,182
Texas TX82$493+8%$439 – $863
Washington WA35$480+6%$279 – $775
South Carolina SC30$471+4%$250 – $733
Indiana IN29$4540%$289 – $743
Oregon OR14$444−2%$333 – $897
Minnesota MN21$436−4%$379 – $804
Oklahoma OK32$428−6%$272 – $575
Virginia VA28$423−7%$253 – $1,013
Georgia GA54$398−13%$77 – $757
Colorado CO26$390−14%$220 – $833
Tennessee TN23$379−17%$218 – $423
Michigan MI33$355−22%$271 – $724
New York NY36$318−30%$242 – $875
North Carolina NC30$304−33%$210 – $316
Arkansas AR14$275−40%$40 – $438
New Jersey NJ37$266−42%$242 – $1,864
Louisiana LA15$260−43%$151 – $344
Florida FL43$240−47%$219 – $322
Iowa IA16$232−49%$232 – $518
Mississippi MS12$114−75%$114 – $165
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $455.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care941$456$245 – $893
Children’s23$416$119 – $863
Critical access129$456$325 – $743
Ownership
For-profit113$493$304 – $1,335
Government121$378$242 – $604
Non-profit859$462$253 – $875
System affiliation
Part of a system1,006$463$250 – $897
Independent91$403$243 – $674

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$822
Median cash price$455
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

809 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $474 and the average of the middle 60% is $511; most fall between $278 and $906.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 809 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
$220$304$474$816$1,345

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($220 vs $1,345).

Of the 908 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 809 gave a usable cash price; 69 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 30 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,097 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (28%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,193 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,097
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here69
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 — excluded26
Hospitals that filed this code1,193

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 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 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 HC Cebpa.

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, “CEBPA gene test, full sequence (CPT 81218) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-81218-cebpa-gene-test-full-sequence