Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Gene analysis (alpha globin 1 and alpha globin 2) for common deletions or variant
Bakersfield, CA
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San Joaquin Community Hospital’s median price of $102 is 14% below the median hospital's median price ($119), higher than 8% of the 1,920 hospitals reporting CPT 81257. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jul 29, 2026
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