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Blood cancer gene panel, 5 to 50 genes, DNA testing

CPT 81450the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test on blood, bone marrow or lymph tissue that examines 5 to 50 genes for DNA changes, and in some versions combined DNA and RNA changes; billed once for the panel.

Hospitals typically charge $1,637 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,762 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,742. Most fall between $835 and $3,150 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,762
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 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 1,762 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
$600$945$1,637$2,748$4,291

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($600 vs $4,291).

How the prices are spread

$460 – $590: 81 hospitals$460$590 – $755: 101 hospitals$755 – $968: 195 hospitals$755$968 – $1,240: 180 hospitals$1,240 – $1,588: 209 hospitals$1,240$1,588 – $2,035: 213 hospitals$2,035 – $2,607: 208 hospitals$2,035$2,607 – $3,340: 207 hospitals$3,340 – $4,279: 106 hospitals$3,340$4,279 – $5,482: 89 hospitals$4,279median $1,637price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,589 of 1,762 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$460$59081
$590$755101
$755$968195
$968$1,240180
$1,240$1,588209
$1,588$2,035213
$2,035$2,607208
$2,607$3,340207
$3,340$4,279106
$4,279$5,48289

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,637.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $997 across 15 hospitalsME$997Vermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $970 across 10 hospitalsNH$970Washington: median $1,133 across 41 hospitalsWA$1,133Idaho: median $1,800 across 13 hospitalsID$1,800Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,857 across 64 hospitalsMN$1,857Illinois: median $2,320 across 61 hospitalsIL$2,320Wisconsin: median $2,710 across 80 hospitalsWI$2,710Michigan: median $1,786 across 61 hospitalsMI$1,786New York: median $1,481 across 70 hospitalsNY$1,481Massachusetts: median $2,359 across 44 hospitalsMA$2,359Oregon: median $1,456 across 26 hospitalsOR$1,456Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $934 across 31 hospitalsIA$934Indiana: median $1,309 across 46 hospitalsIN$1,309Ohio: median $2,662 across 102 hospitalsOH$2,662Pennsylvania: median $1,353 across 87 hospitalsPA$1,353New Jersey: median $835 across 44 hospitalsNJ$835Connecticut: median $2,370 across 17 hospitalsCT$2,370Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,989 across 51 hospitalsCA$1,989Utah: median $4,095 across 29 hospitalsUT$4,095Colorado: median $2,128 across 33 hospitalsCO$2,128Nebraska: median $1,063 across 13 hospitalsNE$1,063Missouri: median $1,440 across 37 hospitalsMO$1,440Kentucky: median $2,279 across 31 hospitalsKY$2,279West Virginia: median $1,444 across 29 hospitalsWV$1,444Virginia: median $1,853 across 59 hospitalsVA$1,853Maryland: median $1,198 across 32 hospitalsMD$1,198Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,104 across 27 hospitalsAZ$3,104New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,511 across 22 hospitalsKS$1,511Arkansas: median $1,238 across 24 hospitalsAR$1,238Tennessee: median $832 across 52 hospitalsTN$832North Carolina: median $1,243 across 65 hospitalsNC$1,243South Carolina: median $2,115 across 37 hospitalsSC$2,115Oklahoma: median $1,796 across 39 hospitalsOK$1,796Louisiana: median $1,097 across 29 hospitalsLA$1,097Mississippi: median $749 across 20 hospitalsMS$749Alabama: median $2,747 across 14 hospitalsAL$2,747Georgia: median $1,697 across 48 hospitalsGA$1,697Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,071 across 110 hospitalsTX$1,071Florida: median $1,245 across 73 hospitalsFL$1,245
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,637. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT29$4,095+150%$2,017 – $4,817
Arizona AZ27$3,104+90%$873 – $4,318
Alabama AL14$2,747+68%$836 – $3,596
Wisconsin WI80$2,710+66%$1,955 – $4,212
Ohio OH102$2,662+63%$1,187 – $3,500
Connecticut CT17$2,370+45%$1,618 – $3,011
Massachusetts MA44$2,359+44%$1,686 – $4,183
Illinois IL61$2,320+42%$729 – $3,100
Kentucky KY31$2,279+39%$1,256 – $6,293
Colorado CO33$2,128+30%$1,525 – $4,033
South Carolina SC37$2,115+29%$1,169 – $3,014
California CA51$1,989+21%$960 – $3,242
Minnesota MN64$1,857+13%$849 – $2,626
Virginia VA59$1,853+13%$811 – $3,150
Idaho ID13$1,800+10%$1,747 – $4,095
Oklahoma OK39$1,796+10%$1,088 – $2,251
Michigan MI61$1,786+9%$782 – $3,312
Georgia GA48$1,697+4%$1,111 – $2,525
Kansas KS22$1,511−8%$588 – $2,830
New York NY70$1,481−10%$760 – $3,309
Oregon OR26$1,456−11%$863 – $2,222
West Virginia WV29$1,444−12%$1,257 – $3,798
Missouri MO37$1,440−12%$1,140 – $2,772
Pennsylvania PA87$1,353−17%$600 – $3,160
Indiana IN46$1,309−20%$1,089 – $1,648
Florida FL73$1,245−24%$576 – $2,512
North Carolina NC65$1,243−24%$914 – $1,316
Arkansas AR24$1,238−24%$526 – $1,561
Maryland MD32$1,198−27%$683 – $2,403
Washington WA41$1,133−31%$742 – $2,042
Louisiana LA29$1,097−33%$631 – $1,749
Texas TX110$1,071−35%$909 – $2,015
Nebraska NE13$1,063−35%$900 – $1,823
Maine ME15$997−39%$508 – $2,257
New Hampshire NH10$970−41%$497 – $2,390
Iowa IA31$934−43%$729 – $2,064
New Jersey NJ44$835−49%$760 – $1,521
Tennessee TN52$832−49%$373 – $2,298
Mississippi MS20$749−54%$444 – $1,170
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not 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 $1,637.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,455$1,602$832 – $3,150
Children’s25$1,787$1,050 – $2,880
Critical access274$1,826$1,111 – $3,256
Ownership
For-profit180$2,017$945 – $4,118
Government204$1,300$760 – $2,641
Non-profit1,370$1,680$835 – $3,097
System affiliation
Part of a system1,564$1,636$835 – $3,165
Independent198$1,654$873 – $2,987

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,716
Median cash price$1,637
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

1,318 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,768 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,874; most fall between $873 and $3,242.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,318 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
$609$968$1,768$2,885$4,297

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($609 vs $4,297).

Of the 1,466 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,318 gave a usable cash price; 91 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 57 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,762 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (45%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,936 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,762
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here115
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded57
Hospitals that filed this code1,936

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 Myeloid 50 Gene Ngs Panel.

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, “Blood cancer gene panel, 5 to 50 genes, DNA testing (CPT 81450) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-81450-blood-cancer-gene-panel-5-to-50-genes-dna-testing