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Blood Score Panel For Fatty Liver Disease

South 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 5 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$501$302 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$257 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,950Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $251 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $501professional $501

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
$97.72
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 18th of 51

$501

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.