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Blood Score Panel For Fatty Liver Disease

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0003M

Assesses liver damage in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease without needing a biopsy. Ten measurements from a serum sample, among them ALT, AST, GGT, total bilirubin, triglycerides, haptoglobin, alpha-2-macroglobulin and apolipoprotein A-1, are combined by a formula into three separate scores: one for scarring, one for fat in the liver, and one for inflammation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Score Panel For Fatty Liver Disease cost?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $794 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$251 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$407 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,399Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $251 to $692
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $363

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Colorado than in Oklahoma. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 41st of 51

$398

CO $912OK $214

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.