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
PR CFTR GENE ANALYSIS INTRON 8 POLY-T ANALYSIS
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $172 is 3% below the median hospital's median price ($177), higher than 37% of the 1,462 hospitals reporting CPT 81224. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 15 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $101 | $101 | — | — | — | $101 – $101 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $101 | $101 | — | — | — | $101 – $101 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $169 | $169 | — | — | — | $169 – $169 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $169 | $169 | — | — | — | $169 – $169 |
| 5 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $169 | $169 | — | — | — | $169 – $169 |
| 6 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $169 | $169 | — | — | — | $169 – $169 |
| 7 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $169 | $169 | — | — | — | $169 – $169 |
| 8 | Aetna medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $172 | $172 | — | — | — | $172 – $172 |
| 9 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $172 | $172 | — | — | — | $172 – $172 |
| 10 | Wellmark medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $172 | $172 | — | — | — | $172 – $172 |
| 11 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $177 | $177 | — | — | — | $177 – $177 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $177 | $177 | — | — | — | $177 – $177 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $219 | $219 | — | — | — | $219 – $219 |
| 14 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $312 | $312 | — | — | — | $312 – $312 |
| 15 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $312 | $312 | — | — | — | $312 – $312 |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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